The life and times of Warwick Davis, star of Ricky Gervais's
forthcoming sitcom, "Life's Too Short"
Actors work their entire careers hoping to achieve the kind of
cult movie hero status that Davis achieved at the age of eleven
playing Wicket W. Warrick, the lead Ewok in "Star Wars: Return of
the Jedi." In this lively and down-to-earth memoir, Davis offers
personal stories on the making of some of the most popular films of
the last few decades--including the "Star Wars, Harry Potter, " and
"Leprechaun" movie franchises, among many others--and shares the
unique perspective of life as experienced by someone with a
one-in-a-million genetic condition.The real life of the man who
helped destroy a Death Star, saved a princess, defeated an evil
sorceress, taught magic to Harry Potter, became a Jedi Master, and
embodied a mass murdering, gold-obsessed leprechaun--the one and
only Warwick DavisWarwick Davis's honest look at the highs and lows
of life as an actor and pop culture icon, from his screen debut in
"Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" to his starring role in Ricky
Gervais's forthcoming sitcom, "Life's Too Short"Includes
behind-the-scenes stories, from sweltering inside a furry Ewok
costume and filling in for R2-D2 to sliding down a glacier at Mach
2 with Val Kilmer and getting kicked in the face by Ricky Gervais
(again and again)Features a foreword by George Lucas, who has been
friends with Davis for almost three decades
Both refreshingly frank and highly entertaining, this book will
help you see what life is like when it really is too short.
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