You would be forgiven for not recognizing this young lad
with Carrie Fisher even though he played one of Return of the Jedi’s most
famous Ewok’s Wicket. Warwick
Davis managed to snag the role of Wicket as the actor who was to play him, R2D2’s
Kenny Baker happened to be too sick on the day of shooting.
This turned out to
be a big break for Warwick as he went on to perform as Wicket in further Ewok
films, took a turn as the title character in the popular Willow film, starred as a leprechaun in
some b grade horror movies and even made a couple of appearances in the Harry
Potter films.
Legend has it that George Lucas wrote the film Willow with Davis in mind for the part.
He'll always simply be Wicket to this writer!
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