Beijing News On November 29, according to foreign media reports, The British actor David Prouss, who played the villain "Black Samurai" Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" canon trilogy, died at the age of 85. Darth Vader, formerly known as Anakin Skywalker, is the most famous villain in the Star Wars canon trilogy and a tragic and contradictory character.
In his old age, David Prouss was dressed in a black samurai robe.
David Prouss was born on 1 July 1935 to a working-class family in Bristol, England. He was raised by his mother, and like Anakin in Star Wars, he didn't know who his father was. David was a vulnerable child, so he was passionate about bodybuilding and weightlifting from an early age, and as a young man, David often competed in weightlifting competitions and participated in the famous Mr. Universe competition, where he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and eventually became a lifelong friend. In 1967, David was electrocuted by chance in Casino Royale and became interested in performance. Over the next decade, he starred in films such as Clockwork Orange and Pompeii.
In 1977, David auditioned for Star Wars. At the time, the film was just an obscure little cast, auditioned by director George Lucas. At that time, Lucas offered David the roles of Chewbacca and Darth Vader to choose from, and David decisively chose the villain Darth Vader. Later, the film became an epoch-making classic. Darth Vader, despite not having many lines and fewer opportunities to show his face, David's darth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy became a symbol of film history by relying on action performances alone.
Darth Vader in Star Wars.
Beijing News editor Xu Meilin
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