{"id":4127,"date":"2016-01-15T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2016-01-15T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T18:28:12","slug":"michael-jackson-was-almost-jar-jar-binks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/shared\/michael-jackson-was-almost-jar-jar-binks\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson was almost Jar Jar Binks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I Learned:
\n1. Michael Jackson wanted to be Jar Jar Binks but George Lucas wanted to do the work with CG instead of prosthetics.
\n2. Jar Jar as Lian Neeson’s character from Taken would be terrifying.<\/p>\n

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The video is episode three from a series called These Are The Actors You’re Looking For<\/a> where Jamie Strangroom tracks down actors who played lesser Star Wars rolls.<\/p>\n

He has also interviewed Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch)<\/a> and Greedo (Paul Blake)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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