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Bill Haderis sharing why he is unwilling to signStar Warsmerchandise, and the answer may surprise you.
Hader, 44, who was a voice consultant for droid BB-8 with Ben Schwartz inStar Wars: The Force Awakens(2015), reveals how “autograph people don’t like me. I won’t sign things.”
The Oklahoma native appeared on a recent episode of theHappy Sad Confusedpodcastwhen hedescribed an incidentto host Josh Horowitz that turned him off from signing his John Hancock on merch.
“I used to sign stuff, and then one time I saw somebody and they had their kid come up to me to sign a BB-8 thing and it was three in the morning,” Hader remembered. “I was leaving theInside Outpremiere and then we went to an after-party thing and it was super late and this guy kept his kid up all night. [He was like], ‘Go over there so he’ll sign it so I can sell it online.’ "
“I was like, ‘That’s f—– up,’ " Hader said. “And so now, I just kind of blanket, like, I’m not signing any of this s—.”
Although director J.J. Abrams attributed the BB-8 character to theNoelleactor, according toThe Hollywood Reporter,he does not feel like he should take credit for the role.
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“I came in and did like voice stuff for it that didn’t work,” Hader added. “Then, he brought me in later and said, ‘Hey, do you want to do this.’ It was like a … talk box thing and then I did that. And the reason he hasn’t had me come back is because anybody can do that. … It’s like a machine that you can operate.”
source: people.com
