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small role in A New Hope, little did actor reveals. “Anthony Daniels “They said: ‘Good news—
she realize the ardent following it was going to be unavailable for
would earn her. some pickup shots, so they needed we have you in mind for
“As an actress, I would ask the someone to stand in for him
good Lord to help me get a part in during second unit fi lming. After your very own monster!’”

a film of some importance,” she I interviewed for the C-3PO fi ll-in Maria De Aragon
admits, before adding with a giggle, job, they showed me some of his
“Of course, when that did happen, mannerisms so I could match them
I was wearing an insect alien mask if needed.”
and costume.” She’s also happy to However, it was at that point keep me posted if they needed me
admit that it was pure luck that that fate intervened, in the form of in the future.”
brought the role to her. a horrific car crash that shocked the Thankfully, Hamill recovered

“When they were fi lming A entire production to its core. from his injuries fully and the
New Hope, I was a working actress, situation eventually worked out
trying to join the Screen Actors Greedo Take Two for everybody. De Aragon got
Guild,” she explains. “My friend “I was ready to film, but then Mark the news she had been hoping

George E. Mather was working for Hamill had a car accident,” De for. “I suddenly got a call from
Industrial Light & Magic, and he Aragon remembers. “It was early production,” she shares. “They
thought there was something for in the morning—about 6 a.m. We said: ‘Good news—we have you
me in Star Wars. He thought I was were supposed to go shoot pickup in mind for your very own
the right size for a creature or robot. shots in the desert as the call came character! If you come on in,

“They didn’t approach me for about Mark being badly injured we’ll outfit you.’ I was very excited
Greedo—originally, I was supposed in the car crash. Shooting was to hear that, and that’s how I
to do something as C-3PO,” the canceled. They told me they would became Greedo.”

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