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Lauren Gordon

Al Pacino says he 'gave Harrison Ford a career' after turning down iconic film role

Al Pacino has revealed that he turned down a role as Han Solo in Star Wars.

The 82-year-old opened up about being a "new kid on the block" at the time of inception for the now-cultural phenomenon and explained that although they "offered him so much money" he just "didn't understand" the storyline.

"Well, I turned down Star Wars," he told David Rubenstein as part of the 92nd Street Y, New York’s People Who Inspire Us series. "When I first came up, I was the new kid on the block, you know what happens when you first become famous.

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