“The Life of Chuck”: Tom Hiddleston Headline Stephen King Movie
Based on the novel by King Stephen, “The Life of Chuck” records the life of accountant Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) in three reversed acts.
Even after all this time, Mark Hamill still had the kids hooked.
Two years ago, Benjamin Pajak was 12 years old and was about to film a scene with Hamill for the new Stephen King film adaptation, The Life of Chuck (now in theatres). Like the youth of almost 50 years ago, Pajac began to love Hamill in Star Wars, and “I was nervous about meeting a guy,” he says. “Somehow it came out and they scheduled me for lunch with Mark and I went crazy.”
Hamill is a bit surprised that this continues to happen. “I certainly didn’t think I had a long life,” says former Luke Skywalker. “They don’t have the concept of time for really young kids. I think we made those films two months ago.”
Following the 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and a cameo of the couple “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett”, after hanging Luke’s robe and lightsaber, Hamill had an interesting character actor gig. He played the ruthless fixer Arthur Gordon Pym in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror drama “Autumn in the House of Usher,” and the crusty yet kind granddad Albie Krantz in Flanagan’s “Life of Life.” He then stars as a sadistic soldier known as the major in another king’s adaptation, “The Long Walk” (at theatre on September 12th).
Pajac says Albie “the role (mark) was intended.” “Chuck’s Life” tells the story of ordinary accountant Chuck Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) in reverse chronological order. Hamill says that Alby, an accountant, also has an “overlay of sadness and tragedy” with the loss of his son, his pregnant daughter-in-law and his grandson he has never met. But Albee shows that he still has a spicy side when Chuck dares to call mathematical bowling.
“It touches his nerves and he’s just rapsworded,” says Hamill. “He puts his heart and soul down, but how funny it is for everything that turns someone into mathematics, it was like, “When you’re looking at the stars, you’re looking at the biggest equation in the universe.” That’s him. ”
Albee is definitely a contrast to Arthur Pym. Arthur Pym is one of the most vicious men ever played in his career. “I play very strange characters on a daily basis in narration. I rarely get such parts on the camera,” he says. “I was excited. Some people would be humiliated if they came to mind when you were planning on playing an evil person with no soul, socially disabled. But I loved it.”
Hamill also dug up the role of chewing the scenery on “long walks.” Francis Lawrence’s dystopian thriller focuses on young men competing in the tough annual walking contest that collides along the highway. If someone’s pace is less than 3 miles, they will be executed until only one survivor remains. Cooper Hoffman, Ben Wang, Charlie Plummer and David Johnson are among the contestants who are “the heart and soul of this film,” says Hamill. “I do my job, I will torment them.”
And during the holiday season, Hamill is back in a narration game where he plays the villain Flying Dutchman in SpongeBob Movie: Search for Square Pants (December 19). “I was a kid in the ’60s and I was really excited about it,” says Hamill.
Whenever Hamill waxes nostalgically in conversation, Star Wars inevitably appears. He recalls reading George Lucas’ scripts and wants to play Darth Vader and Han Solo, expresses his opinion on his iconic co-stars, and is surprised at how he wisely made Carrie Fisher, 19-year-old, who had the wisdom of an older woman.
He gets a kick from people who remember him: “I’m at the airport and the parents tell their 4- and 5-year-olds, “Who is it, it’s Luke Skywalker!” And they’re just scary. ”