Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.

Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.

Training has been such a huge part of my life and career I hope to keep going with it.

My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!

I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.