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Anthony Forrest

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A Canadian actor, writer/director, composer and singer/songwriter from Valois, located in the West Island of Montreal, Canada. He attended St. Thomas High School, Dawson and Vanier Colleges. First performance at 15 under the direction of Bill Millerd for the Israeli Pavilion, Montreal. Joined Maxim Mazumdar's Phoenix Theater Company that focused on classical works. Studied music composition in college and flute privately with Jeanne Baxtresser while principal flutist with the Montreal Symphony. Produced a number of albums with various artists during the 1980's for RCA Records, London as part of the New Wave era.
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A Canadian actor, writer/director, composer and singer/songwriter from Valois, located in the West Island of Montreal, Canada. He attended St. Thomas High School, Dawson and Vanier Colleges. Joined Maxim Mazumdar's Phoenix Theater Company that focused on Shakespeare and other classical works. Studied music composition in college and flute privately with Jeanne Baxtresser while principal flutist with the Montreal Symphony. Produced a number of albums with various artists during the 1980's for RCA Records, London as part of the New Wave, Electronic, Synth Pop era, scoring a dance floor hit with 'Don't Stop' for the The Mood.
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[on his character of Fixer not making the final cut of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)]I sometimes now think that maybe the fact that Fixer's not actually in the finished film has made the character more famous than if he had made the final cut; he might have been completely forgotten. We shot the sequences and you can still see the footage [as an added extra on the Blu-ray version of the film]. He's a friend of Luke's who, basically, runs Tosche Station. He's part of this group of young people who are hanging out in the nether regions of [Luke's home planet of] Tatooine.
[on filming Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)]One thing that I've always felt about [the making of] Star Wars is that it was much more like an indie film. It didn't feel like a Hollywood film. It felt much more homely, much more independent than that. I think that part of it was that George was a young film-maker at the time and he's very good, he surrounds himself with great people, very talented people, so he's very open-minded like that. I do remember, and it was probably very cheeky of me, but I do remember when I had a chance, I asked George, 'How do you like directing?' and he said, 'I don't. I like to write.'

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