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Two people have been heavily tied to the role of Darth Maul in the “Star Wars” universe – Ray Park, who has played the live-action form of the character, and Sam Witwer who has voiced him across animation and in “Solo”.
But one other name also has key ties to the red-and-black villain. British actor Peter Serafinowicz was the voice of the character in his debut in “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” – combined with Park’s on screen performance.
Serafinowicz’s delivery of the line “At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge” from the film’s trailer remains memorable to this day even as the film itself was initially met with a very mixed reception.
During an appearance on the Classic Clown podcast, the actor admits that delivering his small handful of lines as Darth Maul in the film left him underwhelmed:
“It was weird. This character, Darth Maul, I don’t know what I thought. The design of it. I wasn’t that into it. When I saw the film, it was the biggest disappointment of my life at that point. It really was. I mean, have you seen it? It was so exciting that even being in it, doing this thing, what I thought would be this iconic thing. Just unimaginable. I guess it sort of is [iconic]. I suppose.
James Earl Jones has got the best voice of any human ever, right? Then, suddenly, there I was with George Lucas, and he was like saying, ‘Well, Peter, you’re the new James Earl Jones,’ and I was like, ‘F—ing hell, am I? Then why are you paying me such s–t money, George?’”
Sam Witwer took over the character in the animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels” before voicing the part in “Solo: A Star Wars Story”.
Serafinowicz was most recently cast as Peeves the Poltergeist in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series.
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