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Kevin Smith’s love of Star Wars runs deep. So when the director and New Jersey legend set to work with Princess Leia herself, he was over the moon.
“My superstar crush rising up was Carrie Fisher,” Smith, 54, tells Us Weekly solely within the newest version of the journal, on newsstands now. “I by no means married her — like 11-year-old me wished — however I did get to work along with her in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again.”
The fifth movie within the View Askewniverse, a fictional universe created by Smith after the success of his 1994 film Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again options the titular characters, performed by Jason Mewes and Smith, and references the fifth installment within the Star Wars film collection, The Empire Strikes Again.
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“The actors I appeared as much as rising up had been David Prowse and Peter Mayhew as a result of they performed Darth Vader and Chewbacca, respectively, within the Star Wars motion pictures,” he instructed Us. “And since they had been tall as f— as a child.”
Preserve scrolling for extra enjoyable info from Smith, together with his most starstruck second:
Smith’s new coming-of-age comedy, The 4:30 Film, opens in theaters September 13.
1. My first automotive was a yellow Volkswagen Beetle with picket bumpers. Surprisingly, I wasn’t the envy of my classmates.
2. My favourite place to hang around in New Jersey is Smodcastle Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands, the movie show I co-own with my pals. I get to observe all of the flicks I would like for free now, mortgage apart.
3. The one high quality I share with Silent Bob is the backward baseball cap. In actual life, you’ll be able to’t shut me up.
4. My favourite option to spend the weekend is stuffing my face in entrance of the tv with the lady of my goals.
5. My favourite film is Clerks. It made all my goals come true for the final 30 years.
6. My most starstruck second was simply earlier than Iron Man 2 got here out, when Robert Downey Jr. came visiting and stated “Hello” to me whereas I used to be grabbing a smoke on the loading dock at San Diego Comedian-Con.
7. My favourite merchandise in my wardrobe is a classic pair of JNCO jean shorts. It’s a size the brand new incarnation of the corporate doesn’t make anymore. Like me, it’s a relic from the ’90s.
8. My superstar crush rising up was Carrie Fisher. I by no means married her, like 11-year-old me wished, however I did get to work along with her in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again.
Carrie Fisher in ‘Star Wars.’ Sundown Boulevard/Corbis through Getty Pictures
9. The TV collection I’m binge-watching proper now’s Solely Murders within the Constructing. These guys may have an actual future in comedy.
10. Mr. Charlie’s vegan “Not a Cheeseburger” with a aspect of “British Fries” is my go-to fast-food order.
11. The actors I appeared as much as rising up had been David Prowse and Peter Mayhew as a result of they performed Darth Vader and Chewbacca, respectively, within the Star Wars motion pictures and since they had been tall as f— as a child.
12. My favourite meal to cook dinner is French toast. I soak the s— out of that bread. Additionally, I could make a reasonably wonderful hummus.
13. My favourite e-book is The Darkish Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.
14. The music I normally sing throughout karaoke is “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance.
15. I used to gather comedian books, however now I promote them at my comedian e-book retailer, Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Purple Financial institution, New Jersey. We’re celebrating 27 years in enterprise.
16. Three objects I can’t depart the home with out are my cellphone, my backward baseball cap and my jorts.
17. To unwind, I maintain intense periods with the German Consulate, a.ok.a. I hike Runyon Canyon with my two shepherd ladies, Fortunate and Birdie.
18. My greatest topic in class was artistic writing.
19. My first job was as a busboy at a seafood restaurant in 1984, making $1.83 an hour plus suggestions.
20. My dream career is being a morning radio host. I get up early, and I like the sound of my very own voice.
21. My fondest childhood reminiscence is when my Catholic mother and father allowed me to unintentionally shoplift souvenirs at Disney World after I was 8.
22. Probably the most well-known individual in my cellphone e-book is Ben Affleck, however essentially the most well-known individual in my cellphone e-book who hasn’t blocked me is Jason Mewes.
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again.’ Miramax
23. The app I take advantage of essentially the most is Waze. I do a number of gigs on the street, so I’m all the time in some place I’ve by no means been earlier than.
24. One factor I discovered from my time working at a comfort retailer is that I used to assume the job could be nice if it weren’t for the f—ing clients. Now I do know that job was nice due to the f—ing clients.
25. The proudest second of my profession was the day Jason and I put our hand- and footprints within the forecourt of the TCL Chinese language Theatre in Hollywood. Two boys from Jersey are ensconced in cement beside film legends like Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Jack Nicholson and R2-D2.