Size Matters Not : The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis

by Davis, Warwick

• ISBN13: 9780470914663
• ISBN10: 0470914661
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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 Davis Warwick 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.

Author Biography

Warwick A. Davis made his screen debut as Wicket the Ewok in 1983's Return of the Jedi. His extremely rare condition has led to a career as the world's leading little actor. He also runs Willow Management, an agency representing actors below five feet and above seven feet in height, and lives in Peterborough, England, with his wife, Sam, and their two children, Annabelle and Harrison.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Prologue Expecting Someone Taller	p. xiii
E Eetee, Eetee Chiutatal Bok Ootu Ootu Chuu-Ock	p. 1
An Ewok Is Born	p. 17
Just Me and Princess Leia	p. 35
The Caravan of Courage	p. 51
Return of the Ewok	p. 65
Starman in My Caravan	p. 75
Skating for Spielberg	p. 83
Heroes Come in All Sizes	p. 99
Oh, Rats!	p. 135
Hiii-Hoooooooo!	p. 145
Willow's Shotgun Wedding	p. 161
Lep in the Hood	p. 181
Love and Biscuits	p. 205
Annabelle	p. 215
The Little Menace	p. 221
The Half Monty	p. 243
Guess Who's Back?	p. 255
Pottering About	p. 265
Luck of the Irish	p. 279
For the Love of Cheese	p. 295
Paranoid Android	p. 303
A Little Extra	p. 321
My Wonderful World	p. 347
Epilogue The Moral of the Story	p. 365
Beyond the Epilogue A New Beginning	p. 369
A Small Tribute	p. 389
Acknowledgments	p. 391
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