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Excuse Warwick Davis if he basks in the cult success of Willow. Sure, he won acclaim as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi and two subsequent made-for-television movies. And yeah, he's earned a new legion of fans as the Leprechaun. But with all that makeup, he's never gotten to experience the spoils of celebrity. Where are his groupies and free drugs?
Ah, that's where Willow comes in. As the titular character, there were no prosthetics and masks. It was pure, unadulterated Warwick. And although Willow was eclipsed at the box office by its formidable competition Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, it has found a dedicated following on video. Now as Lucasfilm releases Willow on DVD and Warwick's new film - a little movie called Harry Potter - hits theaters, the man himself spoke to TME about his second go-around in the spotlight.
TME: Willow's famous trick was making a pig disappear. Have you ever used it to spice up a dull dinner party?
Warwick Davis: I can still do the trick. It's basically a couple of balloons that take the place of the pig. There there's a little explosive on the balloons, which makes the shape suddenly vanish.
The real pigs you did use, however, were more concerned with their hormones than getting their scenes right. Did they think they were on a National Geographic shoot?
They were getting rather frisky. I didn't know pigs had that in their nature. It was the middle of the night, freezing cold and raining, and these pigs were trying to couple up. We had to shoot around them because they were too busy having fun.
While Willow is the ultimate protagonist, the Leprechaun movies have completely revamped your image. In Leprechaun in the Hood, you not only pimped a zombie harem but smoked more weed than Snoop Dogg.
I hated smoking in that movie. I don't smoke, and when I do it in movies I spend the whole night afterward tasting and smelling it. It gets into my sinuses. It's just awful. But you have to do it for the character's sake.
Now that the Leprechaun has been to the hood and space, what's next - a journey to the center of the Earth?
He's been everywhere and he's died five times as well, which is funny. But aside from "Is there going to be a Willow 2?," the status of Leprechaun 6 is probably what I get asked about the most. I don't know the answer. Trimark Pictures [the company that owned the Leprechaun franchise] was bought by Lions Gate, and I don't know if Lions Gate has decided what they're going to do with it. I do understand there's an email campaign underway by fans to keep the series alive.
You've worked with George Lucas on a number of projects. Do you guys ever go out after a long day and do body shots off busty cocktail waitresses?
It's more of a creative relationship. I would never call George and say, "Let's go
for a beer." If there's something we can do for each other as work goes, then he's the man.
