Clive Revill

Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born character actor best known for his performances in musical theatre and on the London stage.

Guest Appearances

April 26, 2017

Once again Matt has lovingly pieced together a collection of the best anecdotes told on I Was There Too about experiences on the set of the Star Wars trilogy, Back to The Future, Die Hard, and many more. You’ll hear from Steven de Souza, Tom Wilson, Lauren Lapkus, Ahmed Best, Jimmy Pardo, and more on topics ranging from beating Michael Jackson for the role of Jar Jar Binks to down to the wire re-shoots for Die Hard. Plus, Matt checks in with Starship 1, the mysterious real person that auditioned for Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi to hear her real time reaction of the trailer and some of the moments from the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando.

This episode is brought to you by Generation Tux (www.generationtux.com code: IWTT), Harry’s (www.harrys.com/iwtt), and Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/iwastheretoo).

October 26, 2016

On the second of three very special Star Wars trilogy episodes of I Was There Too, Matt is joined by Clive Revill who voices The Emperor in the pre-special edition 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. Clive tells us about how director Irvin Kershner reached out to him for the role, finding the voice for The Emperor, and his thoughts on the final physical representation. Then, expert witnesses Pete the Retailer and Alex Robinson of the Star Wars Minute podcast join Matt to figure out who and actually what played the body of The Emperor during a new segment called Was I There Too? Plus, another classic Star Wars Superego sketch!

This episode is brought to you by Stamps.com.

THE ORIGINAL FOOTAGE: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtciRCVpFE

EXHIBIT 1:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Star-Wars-Empire-Strikes/dp/0345509617

EXHIBIT 2:

http://x3rxe5.tumblr.com/post/148866162957/all-hail-the-chimperor-prior-to-beginning-return

EXHIBIT 3:

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/marjorie-eaton-the-original-emperor.50033425/

EXHIBIT 4:

See the pics posted on this page.