“being in American graffiti It almost caused him to miss the opportunity to cast star Wars Because Lucas did not want to reuse actors from his previous work, the casting director kept pressuring Lucas and hired him to do carpentry work in the office where the casting was being done. Lucas recognized him and pulled him in to feed some lines to other actors during auditions, which is how he eventually ended up being able to audition for the role of Han Solo.
—kermi42