23. Peter Mayhew Won The Role Of Chewbacca In 10 seconds
All the 7 foot, 2 inch Mayhew had to do was stand up and Lucas gave him the role. It was his first acting gig and he was working as an orderly at Londons Kings College Hospital before being cast. Mayhew and David Prowse actually chose their own roles of Chewie and Darth Vader simply because Mayhew wanted to be a good guy and Prowse wanted to be a bad guy. Little did they know how career defining those choices were.
22. Chewie Stinks As Bad As He Looks
Unfortunately for the cast and crew, throughout the rest of the filming of A New Hope, the Chewbacca suit retained the smell from the trash-compactor scene. Probably shouldve used fake trash. In the original trilogy, the Chewie suit was made of knitted goat, rabbit and yak hair. However, for the Wookies brief appearances in Revenge of the Sith, the suits were remade with a water pump system to keep the actors cool.
Recently graduated from University of Hertfordshire with a Film & Television Production degree. Usually found watching films, listening to music, writing for whatculture and writing reviews for awardscircuit.com and my blog.
