“I Thought, ‘I’m Home’”: Mark Hamill Explains How His Role In Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Horror Show Changed His Career

Mark Hamill explains how The Fall of the House of Usher marked an exciting career first for him. Released on Netflix in 2023, the Mike Flanagan horror series chronicles the downfall of the Usher family pharmaceutical empire. The Fall of the Hosue of Usher cast features a handful of impressive actors and frequent Flanagan collaborators, with Hamill playing Usher family attorney Arthur Pym.

During a recent interview on the Politickin' podcast, Hamill reflects on his role as Pym in The Fall of the House of Usher, revealing that the part marked an interesting shift for his acting career. Check out his comment below:

“I was asked to play this amoral, soulless, sociopath lawyer who covers up for— He's the long lifelong attorney for the Usher family. Just pure evil. And when I read script, I thought, ‘Oh my god, I don't have no idea how I will approach this. But if Mike thinks I can do it, I've got to do it.’ So I agreed. And it was scary because you know, normally you have some concept of how you should play this character, what the script requires from you to make it all work. […] So, the last element that came, we went to do the first scene on my first day of work with Madeline and Roderick, the brother and sister that are the head Ushers. And I didn't plan this, but when I started talking, [does character’s voice] ‘I started talking like this…’ Because I wanted to impart this deadness in him. And later in the morning, when Mike walked past, he said, ‘Love the voice.’ And I thought, ‘I'm home.’ Because once you have the blessing of your director... I did atypical roles all the time in voiceover… but this was the first time I was ever getting to do it on camera. And I’m really grateful for him. I formed a real bond with him.”

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Source: Politickin'