Star Wars: Joseph Fiennes Almost Played Obi-wan Kenobi

Alex Gilyadov, IGN Movies
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 5:07pm

George Lucas' daughter cost The Handmaid's Tale star Joseph Fiennes the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace. In an interview with TheWrap, Fiennes revealed that, after a number of auditions for the role, it was whittled down to two candidates: Fiennes and Ewan McGregor, whom Fiennes attended drama school with.

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