Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson were left red-faced after an on-air gaffe announcing the death of acting icon James Earl Jones.
James, who lent his iconic voice to the ubiquitous movie villain Darth Vader, died this week at his home in Duchess County, New York.
“James Earl Jones has died,” Jackie, 49, announced, to which a dejected Kyle, 53, added: “Isn’t that the voice of Darth Vader?”
When Jackie asked for some audio of the actor delivering an iconic Darth Vader line, it seemed panel operator Zane Dean wasn’t too familiar with the veteran actor’s filmography.
Zane began playing audio of James as Mufasa in the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King.
“No, no, that’s Mufasa,” Jackie shouted from the other side of the studio. “Listen, we’ve had this conversation before,” she added, implying that this wasn’t the first time Zane had made the same mistake on air.
Kyle added that Zane’s level of professionalism would not be tolerated in other media.
“Do you think this would play on Entertainment Tonight?” Kyle joked before Zane tried to listen to the audio again.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson were left red-faced after an on-air gaffe announcing the death of acting icon James Earl Jones.
“I was wrong,” Zane said sheepishly before playing the correct audio clip of Darth Vader.
Though it seems Zane’s mistake proved educational for Jackie, who admitted she had no idea Darth Vader and Mufasa had the same voice.
James Earl Jones died on September 9 at his home in Dutchess County, New York, his representatives confirmed to Deadline.
He made his screen debut as a bomber in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 black comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove and went on to forge an acclaimed career in Hollywood.
When Jackie asked for audio of the actor delivering an iconic Darth Vader line, it appeared panel operator Zane Dean wasn’t very familiar with the veteran actor’s filmography.
Zane began playing audio of James as Mufasa in the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King.
He never appeared on screen when he played his most famous role, Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, as it was former bodybuilder David Prowse who donned the iconic black suit.
His distinctive gravelly tone also saw him voice the doomed lion Mufasa in the 1994 animated classic, The Lion King.
The actor is among an illustrious list of performers who have achieved the coveted EGOT status, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three Tony Awards and receiving an Honorary Academy Award.
Star Wars director George Lucas hired him to provide Vader’s terrifying voice. Jones said: “He thought about using Orson Welles, but he realised that might be too recognisable, so he hired me to do the voice, just reading the words off the page. I did it in a couple of hours.”
James was paid just $7,000 for Star Wars, but a series of commercials that followed “took good care of him,” he said.
He initially did not want to be credited for the film, as he felt his voice-overs were simply part of the film’s special effects, but eventually agreed and went on to voice the character in multiple films, television series, and video games.
He portrayed Vader in Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), and then again in the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series, Rogue One (2016), and the third installment of the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
“I am your father,” Vader tells Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker in a pivotal fight scene in The Empire Strikes Back, a twist etched in cinematic history.
James, who lent his iconic voice to the ubiquitous movie villain Darth Vader, died this week at his home in Duchess County, New York.
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