{"id":1970327,"date":"2025-08-20T12:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1970327"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:39:17","slug":"i-dont-even-know-if-i-got-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-dont-even-know-if-i-got-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I don&#8217;t even know if I got paid&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Did you forget that <em>Star Wars<\/em> legend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/mark-hamill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Hamill;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Hamill<\/a> appeared in 1992&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/alice-krige-interview-she-will-sleepwalkers-texas-chainsaw-massacre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sleepwalkers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Sleepwalkers<\/em><\/a>? Well, so did Mark Hamill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor, 73, addressed his first <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/stephen-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stephen King;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Stephen King<\/a> role in an interview with <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> about <em>The Long Walk<\/em>, his latest King role. Hamill appeared in a small cameo role as Sheriff Jenkins, a police officer, in the first movie the best-selling horror author wrote that wasn&#8217;t based on one of his books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I totally forgot,&#8221; Hamill tells EW. &#8220;If I remember right, Mick Garris, the director, asked me, &#8216;Could I do a small role?&#8217; I loved him so much, and I thought, &#8216;I&#8217;ve gotta do it to help him.&#8217; I don&#8217;t even know if I got paid, but I totally forgot about it. If there&#8217;s not a premiere of a movie, sometimes they&#8217;ll slip through, and I don&#8217;t see &#8217;em. I think I eventually saw it, but it was so long ago, I can&#8217;t remember much of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Sleepwalkers<\/em> starred <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/brian-krause\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brian Krause;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brian Krause<\/a> and Alice Krige as Charles and Mary Brady, the last two surviving members of a species of shapeshifting vampires known as sleepwalkers, who can shift between human and their natural werecat forms, while sustaining themselves with the life force from female virgins.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Everett Collection Stephen King&#8217;s &#8216;Sleepwalkers&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sleepwalker species would find themselves at home in the world of <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, as (gasp!) Mary is both Charles&#8217; mother and his lover. Moving to a new town in Indiana, Charles poses as a high school teen and attempts to syphon off the life force of a local teen girl, Tanya Robertson (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/madchen-amick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:M\u00e4dchen Amick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">M\u00e4dchen Amick<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film also features cameos from King, who regularly pops up in the movies based on his work, as well as Clive Barker, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante, and John Landis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t remember the plot; I don&#8217;t remember who I played. I should probably look it up,&#8221; Hamill remarks. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always been a Stephen King fan, and if it came out after <em>The Shining,<\/em> because that&#8217;s one of the first things I ever saw. I remember I saw it in Westwood, [Calif.,] the very first week it opened. I walked directly from the theater to a bookstore and went home to read, <em>What the hell did I just see?<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Murray Close\/Lionsgate Mark Hamill as the Major in 'The Long Walk'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/oV4Dp5xEHIFSEWudxFITbw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/61f053e4d1b9fc69f48b791deeda7d83\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Murray Close\/Lionsgate<\/p>\n<p> Mark Hamill as the Major in &#8216;The Long Walk&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since <em>Sleepwalkers<\/em>, Hamill acquired proper King roles in last year&#8217;s <em>The Life of Chuck<\/em> and this year&#8217;s <em>The Long Walk<\/em>, playing a military leader in a totalitarian vision of America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former, directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/mike-flanagan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Flanagan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mike Flanagan<\/a> (Hamill&#8217;s showrunner on Netflix series <em>The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em>), is a feel-good story involving the end of the universe. Hamill played Albie Krantz, the father of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/tom-hiddleston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tom Hiddleston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tom Hiddleston<\/a>&#8216;s Chuck, who tries to convince his son that the world needs fewer dancers and more accountants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Want more movie news? Sign up for\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/ewk-movie-opt-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/ewk-movie-opt-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:'s free newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8216;s free newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The latter, opening Sep. 12, sees the star now as the Major, who heads the Long Walk, a lethal competition that occurs once a year. In the film, from director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/francis-lawrence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Francis Lawrence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Francis Lawrence<\/a> and based on King&#8217;s 1979 novel, 50 young men volunteer to participate in the event wherein they all start walking, and anyone who slows risks execution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The real heart and soul of the picture is their experiences in these extraordinary circumstances,&#8221; Hamill says of the main characters, &#8220;their highs, their lows, their triumphs, their tragedies, the alliances, the rivalries. That&#8217;s what the movie&#8217;s all about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/mark-hamill-forgot-stephen-king-sleepwalkers-cameo-11793869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you forget that Star Wars legend Mark Hamill appeared in 1992&#8217;s Sleepwalkers? Well, so did Mark Hamill. The actor, 73, addressed his first Stephen King role in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about The Long Walk, his latest King role. 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