Mark Hamill remembers being supplied a job in an notorious horror film with a 27% RT rating, however turning it down when he discovered what the movie was about.
Hamill’s newest undertaking takes him to the universe of Stephen King with the dystopian The Lengthy Stroll. It’s a uncommon sojourn to the darkish facet for the actor best-known as Luke Skywalker within the Star Wars saga. Certainly, the spotlight of Hamill’s horror filmography isn’t even a film, it’s the 2023 streaming sequence The Fall of the Home of Usher.
The largely horror-averse Hamill might have starred in a very notorious style providing had he needed, however the probability to look in 2011’s The Human Centipede did nothing for him, because the actor revealed in a current interview, detailing his response to being instructed what the disgusting sequel was all about (through EW):
Somebody mentioned, ‘They need you to be in The Human Centipede Half 2.’ And I mentioned, ‘What’s The Human Centipede?’ They defined the premise to me, and I went, ‘Oh my God! Thanks for placing these photos in my head, and I will by no means forgive you for doing so.’
However that was a simple one. I mentioned, ‘No, do not ship the script.’ The premise alone — I will by no means see one, and I actually resent the truth that some human being considered that idea of stitching folks collectively, mouth to anus. Goodbye, and by no means enter my life once more.”
What This Means For Hamill’s Horror Legacy
2011’s physique horror providing The Human Centipede 2 took a flip into the meta, telling the story of an obsessed fan of the primary Human Centipede, who’s impressed by the movie to create his personal medical monstrosity. The sequel’s poor important reception is mirrored in its 27% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Securing Hamill as a star might or might not have helped The Human Centipede 2 with critics, however at any charge, the actor was not considering serving to the movie’s infamous director Tom Six in realizing his imaginative and prescient.
Doing horror as excessive as Six’s deeply disturbing train in medical mayhem would certainly have been a large departure for Hamill, whose fright-film legacy is sort of non-existent. Who is aware of what Hamill would have been requested to do within the film, however it’s clear he can pull off a darker efficiency, as he proved in Fall of the Home of Usher.
Our Take On Hamill Turning Down The Human Centipede 2
A mutilated lady in The Human Centipede
Hamill’s lack of horror film expertise signifies he’s usually not eager on the style, so making The Human Centipede 2 would probably have been a depressing expertise for the actor. In relation to doing horror, it’s higher to work with folks like Usher’s Mike Flanagan, or tackle roles in significant tales like King’s The Lengthy Stroll.
The Human Centipede 2 was promoted at its Unbelievable Fest premiere with barf luggage, whereas paramedics waited to help nauseated moviegoers.
The Human Centipede 2 managed to slither its manner into theaters with out Hamill’s participation, happening to gross $170,000 in a handful of midnight showings earlier than taking its place because the infamous-but-little-seen gross-out movie it was all the time supposed to be.
