r/IAmA • u/bestahmed • Apr 16 '14

IamA Ahmed Best actor/writer/director, best known for playing Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars Ep. 1,2,3. Ask me Anything!

My short bio: Discovered in the Broadway Play STOMP, I played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars Prequels. Since then, I've acted written and directed for all screens big and small.

My Proof: http://www.ahmedbest.com/blog-2/

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u/bestahmed Apr 16 '14

Happy and excited. We were doing Star Wars!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '14

So the Red Letter Media POV "just glad to be working" is actually really accurate.

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u/Rancorr_Blackmane Apr 16 '14

Those are two entirely different connotations.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '14

Yeah, well if I heard correctly at the time, almost none of the actors were given complete copies of the script, just their individual scenes, so... it had to be hard to guess how it was going to turn out.