Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew is an English actor of American citizenship and previously a hospital orderly. Mayhew was born in Barnes, south west London and now resides in Granbury, Texas. He is 7 feet 3 inchestall and best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series, but has also appeared in other films. He has written two books. Mayhew is now active in Star Wars communities...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 May 1944
CityLondon, England
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I was in the costume department having the costume made the next day, and we were shooting two weeks later when the main unit returned from Tunisia.
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Then I put on the new suit they'd made and it felt wonderful to climb back into it and feel the character coming back out again.
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I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.
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After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.
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With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.
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Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director.
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When we first put the costume on, you could see the human shape underneath, so the padding gave Chewie his rounded shape, really.
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When I made the decision to live permanent in the States, ... it was just a natural progression that was part of the process.