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Mark Hamill has said his role as the Major in The Long Walk is “unlike anything [he’s] ever done before”.
Mark Hamill has teased his role as the Major in The Long Walk is ‘unlike anything [he’s] ever done before’
The 73-year-old actor stars as the antagonist in the upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 horror novel of the same name, and Hamill has now reflected on his “sadistic” character.
During an interview with Discussing Film, the Star Wars actor said: “Well, he’s amoral. I mean, for you to be able to do what he does … he’s got to be some kind of sociopath.
“There’s no sort of backstory for him, but you know he’s a really troubled person. And sadistic and … just all those terrible things.”
Hamill added The Long Walk was completely different to his other recent projects, like the Tom Hiddleston-starring fantasy film The Life of Chuck and the upcoming animated flick The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
He continued: “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done before and that’s what I like. It’s like Life of Chuck, which is aeons away from what I do in this.
“And then I’m doing a voice in The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. I love that title, [it] sounds like it’s important, but it’s the same glorified nonsense that we’ve come to expect.”
In The Long Walk, 100 teenage boys are forced to participate in a relentless walking contest where falling below a set pace means death.
As the gruelling journey unfolds, the competitors face both physical torment…
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