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a film director asked me who was directing the film. I answered him flippantly by giving the name of Richard Marquais or something??? He immediately informed me that it was Richard Marquand, and that we used to go for Sunday lunch’s with him and his family followed with walks in Kew Gardens after. I remember hanging off his leg once in the park thinking it was my Dad. So to go back to how did I feel regarding getting the part, it was so nice to get it on my dance ability not because he was a close friend of our family. How long did it take you to get into full costume and what was it like? Since my costume reveals, or lets say hides just about the appropriate body parts, I had to be covered from head to toe in green paint. This process took three and a half hours of standing in hair and make up from 4.30 am to around 7.30 am the days of shooting the scene. We caught up with Jabba The Hutts Slave Girl Oola, also known as Femi Taylor, when she appeared at Teesside Unleashed. Hi femi, thanks for taking the time to chat with us, so tell us a bit about that now infamous dancing audition back in 1982? Thankfully it wasn’t a blue movie, but instead, one of
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the biggest films ever. How did you feel after getting the part? The interesting aspect of winning the role of Oola is that I was offered the part arduously putting myself through the audition for 2 hours. I am saying this because after being offered Oola, I was living at home at the time, my Dad being
Did you ever get recognized as Oola after the film came out or did people not realise it was you with all the prosthetics and make up on? I have never been recognized as Oola, people have no idea. I often say to myself that it is bonkers that nearly everyone I meet would be aware of Oola in ROJ, but have no idea that they have just come into my existence. So, I am really