Davis returns to the role Willow in a new Disney+ series - a sequel set after the events of the 1988 film which bagged two Oscar nominations and kickstarted the actor's career.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerWhen Warwick Davis made the 1988 film Willow, he was just 17 years old.
"Well, George Lucas took that leap of faith by writing the story for me, and it was something he originally mentioned to my mum back in 1984, he said 'I've just come up with an idea for Warwick, he's not old enough yet, but when he's a bit older we'll do this' and it was Willow - he'd been sort of sowing the seeds for that many years before."
And the film's success meant it wasn't just Davis who was keen to continue Willow's story - he says fans have clamoured for more for decades."The time I made the film Willow I was only 17, so felt that I was fairly inexperienced as an actor," Davis explained. "It's one of those films that people, as they grew up watching it, they then handed on to their kids and said: 'You need to watch this movie, it's one I grew up with.'"Much has changed in the film and TV business since the 1980s - with advances in technology making it possible to put anything on screen.
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