Mark Hamill makes surprise cameo in Channel 4’s Man Down as greasy spoon owner

The Star Wars actor shocked fans by popping up in the season finale 
Surprise appearance: Mark Hamill makes a cameo in Man Down
Channel 4
Jennifer Ruby18 August 2016

Mark Hamill made a surprise cameo alongside Greg Davies in the season finale of Man Down.

The Star Wars icon, who has just wrapped filming on Episode 8, gave fans of the show a shock as he popped up as a greasy spoon owner on Wednesday night’s episode.

He might have only been on screen for a few minutes, but the Luke Skywalker actor certainly made an impact as a café owner who goes crazy at Davies’ character Dan.

“Surprise Mark Hamill is the best Mark Hamill #ManDown,” wrote one viewer on Twitter.

Another posted: “@HamillHimself OH MY GOD....best cameo ever #ManDown.”

“This isn't a deleted scene from Star Wars, this is ACTUAL @HamillHimself in #ManDown,” Channel 4 tweeted.

Davies recently revealed that Hamill is a big fan of British comedy and late comedian Rik Mayall.

He told the Radio Times: “Mark Hamill is a massive Rik Mayall fan, which I think helped our cause [hiring him].

“He absolutely loves The Young Ones and Bottom. It’s so strange, imagining Luke Skywalker watching Bottom.

“He was great fun, very game – and a huge fan of British comedy, as it turns out.”

He added: “He told me that he also wanted to a little part from us was because it was so far removed from a dignified Jedi.”

Hamill recently revealed that Star Wars producers have been incredibly strict about keeping plot details under wraps and made cast shred scripts after they’d been used on set.

“They’re not doing it to annoy you. It’s just they want the surprise to be in the movie theatres, not on the internet. That’s what it is. You don’t want to know what you’re getting for your birthday,” he said.

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