Guinness had an inkling that Star Wars would cause fervour. “His face, bereft of its virtuosity of make-up, is a signless zero.”. THE WITCHER Season 2 Synopsis Drops Some Big Hints About What To Expect When The Show Returns, AVENGERS: ENDGAME Star Josh Brolin Turned Down A Number Of Marvel Studios Roles Before Thanos, Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Gets Pushed Back To October 2021, Report: Warner Bros. Moves Denis Villeneuve’s Dune to 2021, DUNE Has Reportedly Been Pushed Back From This December To THE BATMAN’s Current Release Date. ‘The Ladykillers’ is re-released in cinemas in a 65th anniversary 4K restoration on 23 Oct and on Blu-Ray and DVD on 9 Nov, Guinness as Professor Marcus in 1955’s ‘The Ladykillers’, Obi-Wan-Kenobi in ‘Star Wars’ was among Guinness’s least characteristic roles. She is an actress, known for Killing Eve … Twenty years ago, not long after his death, rumours emerged about a secret aspect of Guinness. Fans will obviously remember that Alec Guinness originally played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope. Have you bought The Rise of Skywalker on Digital HD yet or are you waiting to get a physical copy? The rumour is possibly a conflation of stories about Alec’s “cottaging” and the arrest of John Gielgud in October 1953 in a public lavatory in Chelsea after dining with the Guinnessess.”. That was his greatest advantage. Among the party is a woman officer played by Sally Guinness–the granddaughter of legendary actor Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. One of his biographers, Garry O’Connor, wrote about his “homosexual life”.
His genius lay in his flair for deadpan comedy and in the way he conveyed the yearning and suffering of the many misfits he portrayed. She is an actress, known for Killing Eve (2018), MotherFatherSon (2019) and Black Mirror (2011). He was much more often cast as repressed or seedy eccentrics. The making-of documentary featured on the extras of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker revealed that Alec Guinness’ granddaughter cameoed in the film.. O’Connor had heard the story from fellow writer, Sheridan Morley, who told him: “Alec was clever enough to come up with a false name.” (He is said to have called himself Herbert Pocket. Have you bought The Rise of Skywalker on Digital HD yet or are you waiting to get a physical copy? According to the Evening Standard critic, this was “the worst production of Hamlet I have ever seen”. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? 'Fantastic Four': What Did Josh Trank's Original Vision Look Like? Sally Guinness, Actress: Killing Eve. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. It’s his unctuous, shifty manner. Sally Guinness was born in September 1971 in Richmond upon Thames, London, England as Sally Henrietta Guinness. The other actors and technicians only ever saw him as Fagin. For some audiences, Guinness (1914-2000) is most fondly remembered as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, a noble Jedi master known for his courage, decency, and devotion to …

It was as if the actor was so stung by the criticism he was determined never to put such a big target on his back again. Nevertheless, Obi-Wan Kenobi was among his least characteristic roles. It’s a nice touch that Sally Guinness appeared in the last chapter of the new trilogy since Alec Guinness starred in the very first chapter of the original series. However, Kind Hearts and Coronets was all-surface brilliance. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now on Digital HD and will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on March 31st. His characters, for example, his George Smiley in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, were frequently cuckolded or betrayed by those closest to them. With Guinness, it’s his crooked side that makes him so endlessly fascinating as an actor; the sense that beneath that calm exterior, he is hiding something from us. Early in his screen career, Guinness caused riots. She plays part of the First Order council that Kylo speaks to when he’s in his full Supreme Leader role while wearing the reforged version of his iconic mask.

Alec Guinness: Why he was at his best as the king of creeps. She is the granddaughter of Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy. “Police records and press cuttings turned up nothing. He cheats in every area of his life other than his art. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) is often regarded as Guinness’s greatest achievement on screen. “Can’t say I’m enjoying the film,” Guinness wrote in a letter that was quoted in Piers Paul Read’s authorised biography of the actor to a friend early during shooting of the first Star Wars (1977). Guinness’s Scottish accent as Lieutenant-Colonel Jock Sinclair in Tunes of Glory isn’t altogether convincing but, again, this a performance in which he is prepared to show his darker side, and not to hide behind the comedy. Arguably, Guinness’s performances in his films with Ronald Neame had more rawness, subtlety, and depth than either his Ealing comedies or his many roles over the years in David Lean’s movies, whether Lean’s Dickens adaptations or the widescreen epics which came later like Bride on the River Kwai (1957), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Passage to India (1984).