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The Australian actor/writer/director on swearing, Star Wars, and working with everyone from his ‘far more interesting’ brother Nash to Bob DylanHow did you get the job of Uncle Owen [in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]? Was it solely based on your similar looks to original actor Phil Brown? Also, you must have known you were going to get killed off! TopTrampGeorge Lucas was shooting in Australia. I have the Australian Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance to thank for saying: “You need to hire some local actors.” I was the right age and had the physical similarity. My brother [Nash Edgerton] left university to become a stunt man – much to my parents’ upset – and started working on the big Hollywood productions that came through Sydney, like The Matrix and Mission: Impossible 2. He got the job as Ewan McGregor’s stunt double. Any of the big serious dangerous stuff Ewan does in Episodes II and III, like fighting Jango Fett in the rain, my brother is likely getting a knock on the chin.How was it working with Frank Grillo and Tom Hardy for Warrior? Have you kept up any of the MMA training? KamesJI’d be terrified to fight Tom now because he’s really kept up with the jiu-jitsu. I got quite messed up from the wrestling aspects of Warrior and still have some old neck injuries, so I do more training than fighting – a bit of boxing and kickboxing. Tom is an amazing dude. I think he’s turned up three times now to enter random jiu-jitsu competitions. Mark Zuckerberg has done it too. Tom should tangle Zuckerberg. Continue reading...