Temuera Morrison is an actor whom fans of the star saga know as the performer of the role of the mercenary Django Fett from the second episode. Although Morrison himself admits that he played there a little. His character practically did not speak. The first film that brought him recognition as an actor is the New Zealand drama "Once They Were Warriors."
Biography
Temuera was born on December 26, 1960 in Rotorua, on the island of North in New Zealand. In his pedigree there are Irish, Scots and Maori, and more specifically - the ancient Ngati Wakue tribe. As a child, Temuera was engaged in dancing and toured the world as part of the Ngati Rangivevehi group. Among the members of the group are many members of his family. He performed the Maori Kapa Haka dance.
From the age of twelve, Morrison realizes acting talent: plays in New Zealand series, appears in commercials. In 1994, he starred in the movie Once Upon a Time They were Warriors. The role in this picture becomes crucial in the biography of Temuer Morrison. He was recognized as the best actor at the New Zealand film award. After the release of this film, he became interesting to Hollywood directors. He was accepted for roles in Speed 2, The Vertical Limit, Six Days, Seven Nights, and others. After his candidacy was approved by George Lucas for filming in "Star Wars".
Despite the frequent filming in the United States and Australia, Morrison does not abandon his homeland, preferring to work in New Zealand. Here you can freely communicate with your family. In Temuera’s homeland, Morrison becomes a director, television host, and producer. And yet the world knows him by his role as a Mandalorian.
Django Fett
When the actor got the role of a Mandalorian bounty hunter, he did not know anything about his character. He was only given a name and the fact that he has a son - Boba Fett. Only after some time, the actor’s friends and acquaintances told him that he would play one of the coolest anti-heroes of Attack of the Clones. Temuera admits that he felt the character, got used to the role, only when he measured the costume of the Mandalorian. Although to adapt to it for the New Zealand actor was very difficult. The hardest thing was to be in a suit during the battle with Kenobi on the rain planet Camino. Having suffered in the dressing room, he decided that it was better to entrust stuntmen to some scenes.
The difficulty was added by the fact that he, like many other actors on the set of Star Wars, did not know who his character was, what his character was. In the received scenario there were only pages where Django Fett appeared. The characteristic boiled down to the phrase "bad guy."
Temuera unexpectedly meets Rina Owen on the set, who played his character’s wife in “Once They Were Wars”. Morrison had to make huge efforts to restrain laughter during the filming. Owen played Ton Wee (Assistant to Prime Minister Camino), and for this she had to wear a funny helmet with the alien's head stuck on. The second unexpected filming partner was Daniel Logan, who played little Bobo Fett. The young actor starred with Morrison in the New Zealand series "Scotland Street."
Franchise work
After the death of Django Fett, the work in Star Wars for Morrison did not end. First, he was invited to voice Django Fett in computer games. And in 2004, Lucas restarted the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes with a sound update to modern standards for release on disks. In addition, all stormtroopers spoke in Morrison's voice. In the third episode, he plays all the clones and Commander Cody in particular.
Films
Morrison often starred in science fiction films, although there are also historical films on his account. One of the latest works is the role in the 2012 adventure sequel “King Scorpio-3”.
An offshoot of The Mummy Returns tells of the new adventures of Matius, the foretold king of scorpions. In the previous film, he won a bright victory. In the third part, grief and misfortune fell on him - a plague kills the beautiful queen. He turns into a mercenary again. But still, his main mission is to protect his land from the hordes of the dead. Temuera Morrison plays the ruler of one of the three parts of Egypt - Ramusan, the owner of the Book of the Dead, which is hunted by the villain Tal. He hires Matius to rescue his daughter, abducted by Tal.
Even with a long gaze at the photo of Temuer Morrison in the image of Abin Sura from Green Lantern (2011), it is difficult to recognize the New Zealand actor. In the same year he could be seen in the movie "Spartacus", where he plays the gladiator's mentor.
Played himself
Actors always play someone. Often the characters' characters are completely different from what their creators are in real life. But every actor, probably, dreams of playing a character similar to himself. And sometimes you don’t play at all to be in front of the camera yourself.
There are films of Temuer Morrison, where he plays himself. In 2011, for example, an entire series was released where he plays the interviewee Temuera. In the mystical horror series "Mataku," Morrison plays the lead - himself. Temuur Morrison is also involved in the 1992 TV series May Time.