Jar Jar Binks Actor Says His 'Career Began And Ended' With Hated 'Star Wars' Role
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Ahmed Best, who unwittingly portrayed the most reviled "Star Wars" character ever, is finally speaking up — and defending himself.
Ahmed Best, who portrayed Jar Jar Binks in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.” Is upset.
The actor admitted as much in an interview Saturday, saying “everybody came for me” and his acting.
Best, whose character remains one of the most reviled in all of “Star Wars” lore, still remembers rehearsals vividly.
“This was the first time I was going to do the Jar Jar voice in front of people,” Best told People. “And to be honest, I didn’t know if I was going to do it at that reading or not. I was like, ‘I might do it, I might not.’ And as I’m reading as the first few pages go by, I’m in my head.”
But when he did, in fact, bust out the character’s now-infamous singsong voice, “everybody in the room goes crazy for it. So I was like, ‘OK, all right. I got that one out. I’m supposed to be here now.’”