Richard E. Grant still "can't believe" he's been cast in a 'Star Wars' movie because he's been a fan of the franchise for so long
Richard E. Grant still "can't believe" he's been cast in a 'Star Wars' movie. The 61-year-old actor has been a fan of the franchise since the first movie was released in 1977 and he admitted he thought it was "in the realm of impossibility" that he'd ever be a part of the space saga until he was offered a secret role in the upcoming 'Star Wars: Episode IX'. He told 'Entertainment Tonight': "The first one blew my head off. So that four decades later I would be actually in one seems as unlikely as it was to say that I wanted to be an actor in 1969, when I was 12 years old when they landed on the moon... I can't really believe that it's happening." But before fans can see him in the final installment of the series, Richard is starring… (more)