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Star Wars’ Mark Hamill lands killer new function in Child’s Play

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The common public by and huge would possibly know Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, the Jedi who fights for good and likes to drink oddly-coloured milk.

But his subsequent massive display outing sees him cross over to the darkish facet, and in an enormous approach.

The legendary actor will lend his voice to none apart from the function of Chucky within the Child’s Play remake, the place he’ll star alongside Scott Pilgrim vs the World‘s Aubrey Plaza.

Hamill confirmed the information on his social media pages, sharing a video during which he says he “can’t wait” to convey such an iconic character to life – and to “present him in a way you’ve never seen before”.

“We’re gonna have some fun,” he added. “And remember: he’s more than just a toy.”

Hamill has greater than sufficient expertise on this discipline, as he has been voicing the Joker in DC media since 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series.

He often voices the character with a type of crazed glee, however when he brings that darkness out (like in Mask of the Phantasm and the Arkham video games) it is actually unsettling stuff.

(There’s a cause many individuals say his model of the character is the definitive interpretation.)

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Outside of that, he is additionally voiced comedian guide mainstays Hobgoblin and Wolverine, and provided his vocal abilities to the likes of Colonel Muska in Studio Ghibli’s Laputa: Castle within the Sky, and Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

When he is not being nice in varied fan favorite initiatives, he is busy trolling followers on Twitter about Star Wars and utilizing his Joker voice to impersonate the President of the United States.

Meanwhile, he’ll even be reprising his Luke Skywalker function within the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX, which is able to function the “final instalment of the Skywalker saga”.