Sam Brigger
speaker
1,127 appearances
24 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 6 Jun
Sam Brigger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And, you know, for better or worse, I don't think you've ever been free of Star Wars. And I think at least one instance, the director told you they didn't want to cast you because they didn't want Luke Skywalker in their movie. And this was for the film adaptation of of a Broadway play, Amadeus, that you were starring in on Broadway. So did you hear that a lot? Did you get discouraged?
If you're just joining us, we're speaking with actor Mark Hamill. He's in the new movie The Life of Chuck, which is adapted from a Stephen King story. More after a break. This is Fresh Air.
A lot of voice acting, and I know you did voice acting before Star Wars, but did voice acting provide you with an opportunity to kind of avoid some of those issues with typecasting that you were facing?
Well, let's hear a little bit of your Joker. This is from actually a movie called Batman Mask of the Phantasm. And this is a scene between the Joker and a gangster named Salvatore Valestra. And when I first heard this, I was like, oh, that guy's doing a pretty good Abe Vigoda impression. But it was actually Abe Vigoda who, of course, played a different Salvatore in The Godfather.
But here, let's hear it.
So that's our guest Mark Hamill in Batman, Mask of the Phantasm, playing the Joker. So, you know, you go through a huge range of emotions in that scene. Can voice acting actually be more tiring than live action because of that?
In 2015, you returned to play Luke Skywalker in the last of the Star Wars trilogies. You were only in the last few seconds of the first one, but you had quite a long story arc in the second one.
You know, this character you've been so associated with for so long, but now there were new people who were involved in creating the story of your character. First of all, did you have trepidations about doing it again? Or was it hard for you to accept sort of new people's ideas about what this character was that was really so close to you?
I'd like to just play a clip from The Last Jedi. This is near the end of the movie. Your character, Luke, had been a recluse for years, jaded about your experiences. And even when people came to plead you to help with the rebellion, you were refusing. You finally relent, and you... In this scene, the rebel forces are near complete loss, but you appear to speak with Leia, played by Carrie Fisher.
And in the solo, you say something like, I can't save him, and you're referring to Kylo Ren, who is the son of Han Solo, and Leia, who has gone over to the dark side. Okay.
So that's a poignant scene now, especially because Carrie Fisher died shortly after filming this movie. And you've said that sometimes when you were feeling ambivalent about being Luke Skywalker that she would give you some tough love and be like, hey, you're Luke Skywalker. Deal with it.
Except it's not, but in some ways.
Well, Mark Hamill, thank you so much for coming on Fresh Air.
From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Today, comic, actor, and writer Sarah Silverman talks about her new Netflix comedy special, Postmortem, which is funny and emotional. It's about the death of her father and stepmother nine days apart. Also, we'll hear from Cola Scola, creator of the Broadway comedy Oh Mary.
It's an intentionally ridiculous reimagining of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. It portrays her as having become addicted to alcohol, not because of the Civil War, but because she's desperately yearning for her only true love.
Plus, Ken Tucker reviews new albums by Willie Nelson and Ken Pomeroy. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Terry has our first interview. I'll let her introduce it.
We're listening to Terry's interview with Sarah Silverman. Her new comedy special, Postmortem, is streaming on Netflix. We'll hear more of their conversation after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.
Sarah Silverman's new comedy special Postmortem is streaming on Netflix. She spoke with Terry Gross. Our rock critic, Ken Tucker, has been listening to new music, looking for something that's not just entertainment. He thinks he's found it in two new albums by musicians who are both influenced by country and folk music, but who otherwise could not be more different.
A relative newcomer, 22-year-old Ken Pomeroy, and a relatively old pro, 92-year-old Willie Nelson. Here's his review of Pomeroy's Cruel Joke and Nelson's Oh, What a Beautiful World, an album of covers of songs by Rodney Crowell. Let's start with Ken Pomeroy.
Ken Tucker reviewed two new albums, Willie Nelson's Oh, What a Beautiful World and Ken Pomeroy's Cruel Joke. Coming up, we hear from Cola Scola, creator of the Broadway show Oh, Mary. The show imagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a drunk who dreams about returning to her only true love, Cabaret. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.
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