Kenny Baker and R2-D2 – Salondelmal.com
There are actors who are chosen for certain roles both by their physical characteristics and their capacity for interpretation, whatever they are, and some of them, the audience gets to having them great affection. Such is the case of English Kenny Baker, the meter and twelve feet high and esprit, not only opened the doors of show , but also gave him the opportunity of getting into the circuits one of the most famous and beloved robots from the entire history of cinema, if not the most of them all: no less than R2-D2, the bigheaded convicted of the legendary saga of Star Wars . Kenny Baker was comfortable with papers fantasy and science fiction; or was for those who sought above all
In 1951, when I was eighteen, Baker approached him a lady on a street in the town of Hastings, Sussex County, and proposed join a theater company of dwarves, and he accepted. Then he joined a circus for a short time, where he specialized in ice functions. His film debut was in the horror film Circus of Horrors (Sidney Hayers, 1960), without being accredited, and after achieving considerable success thanks to a comic representation in the he shared scene with Jack Purvis, that henceforth would be his costar up to eight films, was elected to donning R2-D2 Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977 ).
Kenny Baker, David Lynch and others in the filming of ‘the Elephant Man’ – Moviestillsdb.com
later pulled on the costume and character of Bungo Wombling Free (Lionel Jeffries, 1978), the adaptation of children’s novels also on the British Elisabeth Beresford Wombles. And then, in the year of increased activity for the big screen, he returned to his beloved robot in the film more valued that far, far away galaxy, The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980), was one of the ten dwarves of the beleaguered Flash Gordon (Mike Hodges, 1980), which adapts the eponymous comic book by Alex Raymond, and the plume of the venerated the Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980). Time Bandits , 1981 it is the first film that really allows us to see the kind of actor who was Baker
But perhaps the crazy Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981) the first that really allows us to check the kind of actor who was Baker, because in it we see more screen time without any kind of outfit that hides his face. Not like Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983), for which was reintroduced in the structure of R2-D2, which few know, too it was characterized by Paploo, the ewok who steals the imperial hovercraft. And then he was in charge of parodying the Commendatore in the Oscar-winning Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984).
Kenny Baker as Fidgit and others in ‘Time Bandits’ – Movpins.com
He played one of the three buskers in Brighton in the thriller Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan, 1986); one of them was his friend Purvis. And I was pleased to join the army of goblins in the longed Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986). However, the film that BRIDO its enhanced role was largely unknown Sleeping Beauty (David Irving, 1987), which gives life to the elf. the film that BRIDO its enhanced role was quite unknown Sleeping Beauty 1987
No wonder that appears in Willow (Ron Howard, 1988) given the theme of the film but in an unprecedented way being who he was, did not establish him as one of the members of the band Nelwyn. Nor has surprisingly resultarnos who would have him for this parody of space opera that is UFO (Tony Dow, 1993), with which we are unfamiliar outside the UK because it was performed for the brilliance of English stand-up comedian Roy “chubby” Brown. Nothing surprising, he said, because of this genre is the saga of Star Wars , which returned to him as our favorite robot when it premiered The Phantom Menace (Lucas, 1999).
Kenny Baker on the set of ‘Return of the Jedi ‘with Paploo ewok costume – Blastr.com
also credited him as the zookeeper in the estimated 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), but soon after he paid back his uniform R2-D2 for Attack of the Clones (Lucas, 2002), and then to Revenge of the Sith (Lucas, 2005) and the highly anticipated the Force Awakens (JJ Abrams, 2015 ). And the least we can conclude after this review is that Baker was comfortable with roles in films of fantasy and science fiction; or it was for those who sought above all Mark Hamill. “I loved his optimism and determination He was the droid who had been looking for.”
Ha It died when he was very close to meeting the eighty-two years of a long lung disease. His niece Abigail Shield has declared The Guardian “ when he was a child, he was told that probably would not survive puberty being a small person at that time. He had little hope of life, but it was very good. ” And Mark Hamill, even Luke Skywalker in fiction, has said on Twitter that Baker was “a loyal friend of life” and that he loved “optimism and determination”, ending thus: “It was the droid had been looking “.
Kenny Baker in the British launch of ‘The Force Awakens’ – NBCNews.com
in the next episodes of Star Wars will replace the Scot Jimmy Vee, whom we had already seen as one of the goblins Gringotts in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001) and as Lofty Pan (Joe Wright, 2015). But you find it difficult to replace the good of Kenny Baker also in the emotional memory of all moviegoers who have booked her a special niche to his doomed cabezudo robot .
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