The actor of Darth Vader David Prowse died at the age of 85 years after a short illness. The role for which the bodybuilder has become famous is undoubtedly that of Darth Vader. In fact, he was the one who wore the iconic black armor of the villain in the original trilogy of Star Wars, while James earl jones he was the one who provided the voice. Prowse has been a constant for several years in the weightlifting circuit with other illustrious personalities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger e Lou Ferrigno. Prowse agent Thomas Bowington shared a few words about the actor with with the BBC.
May the force be with him, always! Although famous for playing many monsters - to me and to everyone who knew David and worked with him, he was a hero in our lives. It was a truly deeply heartbreaking loss for us and millions of fans around the world.
The actor in the 2013 had told the way he got the role of Vader:
What actually happened was that my agent called me and said there was a gentleman in town named George Lucas who wanted to meet me. So I went to see him and met him. He took me to a room and showed me all these preliminary drawings. He said to me: "I would like to offer you one of the two parts of this movie I'm making, Star Wars." The first is a character called Chewbacca. I said, "What the hell is Chewbacca?" After explaining what it would be, I replied: “Three months in a gorilla skin? No, thank you very much! " The other is called Darth Vader. He's the big villain in the movie. Knowing this, I told George not to add anything else and that I wanted that part. He asked me why, and I replied that in all movies there are good and bad, but people always remember the bad!
