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For an actor, you would think landing a role in something as huge as Star Wars must be a dream come true, but Domhnall Gleeson almost turned it down.  The actor thought the role was too big and would make him more recognizable and famous than he would have liked, but it turns out it hasn’t been as bad as he thought it’d be.

“Why would I have thought of saying no?” he told Radio Times.”Fame is the end goal for a lot of people, but it is not mine.

“I worried that the accompanying fame would get in the way of how I live my life.”

Though in the end, he managed to deal with it all pretty well.

“It got a little crazy for a couple of months – for a while, going out and having a drink with my friends was difficult, and then it died down.”

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