BREAKING: David Prowse is DEAD to me.

Never heard of him.

Fuck you R1

RIP

I remember meeting him at a convention when I was a child in the early 90s. He chatted longer with my dad, brother and me than he had to. Lovely man, but he seemed already quite old back then.

Wearing glasses in "A Clockwork Orange".

Wearing less

So young...

Decades ago, I used to go to Dave Prowse’s gym, in Borough’s Marshalsea Road, in London. Dave was always very unaffected, friendly and helpful. Nothing bombastic or preening about the man, just an utterly nice and admirable guy. With a pronounced Bristol accent.

He was very hot in A Clockwork Orange.

Did he play Darth Vader in Rogue One? If so, he still had an incredible physical charisma. James Earl Jones made that character, but he couldn't have done so without Prowse's work.

I might be in the minority, but I think they deserved a dual Oscar for their work in The Empire Strikes Back. Vader was truly terrifying and grew more so the more you understood his motives.

RIP, half of Vader.

[quote]Did he play Darth Vader in Rogue One? If so, he still had an incredible physical charisma.

No, two people played Vader in Rogue One: Daniel Naprous and Spencer Wilding.

In Revenge of the Sith, Hayden Christensen was in Vader's costume.

May the force be with you...

RIP

From his body building days:

He was almost more famous in the UK for his work on road safety than his role as Darth Vader.

The Disney sequel trilogy killed him.

Before he became famous for 'Star Wars' he played The Minotaur in a 1972 episode of 'Doctor Who':

Always use the Green Cross code!

Another old bodybuilding pic of him from Reddit today.

Did he use a sleep apnea machine at night?

I would have let him inseminate me back in the day.

Wogue won

I have been, and always shall be, his friend.

What a shame. He was a great pitcher.

And so soon after his team won the World Series, too. I will say this, he looked great for his age. I would’ve guessed he was no older than 35.

Any relation to Juliet Prowse?

He signed my Darth Vader figure in 1983.

R.I.P.

I interviewed him once. I wish I had known about his bodybuilding career before that.

Nice man.

When I was a kid, I always thought the idea of the old guy in "A Clockwork orange" having this huge muscleman for his live-in bodyguard, assistant and lover was weirdly hot./

I don't see a big bulge in the bodybuilding pics upthread. I've been with three men 6'6 or taller in my life. Two were 8 and 8 1/2 inches respectively. One was, um, under-endowed and I was really surprised.

It's sad to read about his history with George Lucas and how he was cut out of Star Wars official events from 2010 onward. Some of the reasons Lucas didn't like him, like an interview where it was revealed Darth Vader died in Return of the Jedi, were not his fault. The reporter admitted years later that he found that out from another source and ambushed Prowse with the fact that another actor (Sebastien Shaw) was going to be the face of Vader in the death scene.

I think Carrie Fisher called him Darth Farmer because of his Bristol accent, or maybe it was everyone. Anyway, watching that upthread it doesn't sound that bad, but his physical presence and the voice of James Earl Jones combined to make one of the greatest screen villains ever.

One thing is for sure, his character had the coolest leitmotif ever. I've only seen the original three movies and as a kid, Darth was one of my faves.

Take David, but bring back Juliet!

r32 wishes he had legs like Juliet.

Abso-fucking-lutely, R33!

THR's obit:

[quote]It's sad to read about his history with George Lucas and how he was cut out of Star Wars official events from 2010 onward. Some of the reasons Lucas didn't like him, like an interview where it was revealed Darth Vader died in Return of the Jedi, were not his fault. The reporter admitted years later that he found that out from another source and ambushed Prowse with the fact that another actor (Sebastien Shaw) was going to be the face of Vader in the death scene.

Has it ever been said if Lucas apologized to him for that misunderstanding? Did they patch things up?

[quote] [R32] wishes he had legs like Juliet.

JULIET! You've got a great lair of legs!

He was a hot piece of ass back in the day.

...but he couldn’t live forever.

So many of the Star Wars actors were British

Tally Ho.

Pip pip.

They wouldn't let him do the Darth Vader voice because of his heavy "country" Bristol England accent.

I find your lack of a pulse disturbing.

George Lucas considered Orson Welles for the voice of Darth Vader, but he decided against it because Welles' voice was too recognizable. James Earl Jones turned out to be the perfect choice.

Best known for his portrayal as a Scotsman neighborhood of the Clampett family when they inherited their castle in England.

In "Coming Through the Rye," Jethro falls for a beautiful woman in the neighboring castle. He spies her through a telescope but when Jed and Granny take a look, all they see is her muscular brother, Emlyn. Because he's wearing a kilt, they mistake Emlyn for a woman and think he's the object of Jethro's affection.

Of course, hilarious complications ensue — including Emlyn getting drunk on Granny’s tonic ironically meant to cure alcoholism. David Prowse plays the strapping, kilt-wearing man who tries to impress Elly May by playing the bagpipes, even though he can't walk straight.

Interesting Clockwork Orange connection I had no idea.

Interesting, R44. Never heard that before.

James Earl Jones recorded his lines as Darth Vader for the first Star Wars film in just two and a half hours.

I’m surprised it even took him that long. What does he say, about 100 words?

If it was 100 words, they were 100 words that had my six-year-old butt nailed to the movie theater seat.

Other than the Wicked Witch of the Witch (who makes an easy second place in kid's villains), no one I had seen up until then in a film had commanded attention the way Darth Vader did.

"You are part of the rebel alliance, and a traitor! Take her away!"

I didn't even know what "alliance" or "traitor" meant and somehow I knew.

Of the West, of course...although she might not mind the mistake.

R47 Is interesting. James Earl Jones certainly did turn out to be the perfect choice.

[quote] If it was 100 words, they were 100 words that had my six-year-old butt nailed to the movie theater seat.

Is it me or do they not make movies like that anymore?

[quote] Is it me or do they not make movies like that anymore?

We don't need to. China loves us.