Mark Hamil is an actor who is not only talented but also extremely versatile. While the contractor broke out like Luke Skywalker in George Lucas' War of Starwives in 1977He soon proved that he is not only capable of playing heroes with wide eyes. Hamil's acting career Include live TV with action, various video games roles and a frightening large amount of speech work for animation.

Probably the most fascinating era of his acting career was in the 1990s, when Hamil was in roles that were nothing like Luke. In addition to playing Batman's Joker: the animated series "(iconic role that was given Unofficial Live Testing Test in 1990 Series), Hamil appeared in front of the cameras in a number of horror films. He starred in a feature of screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, called "Guwever", the short segment of Tobe Houper for Johnon Carpenter's "Body Body", and a Ramse of Carpenter's "Village of the Damn".

In the midst of all this, Hamil also appeared in a small role of Kimo in "Sleepwalkers" in 1992, written by Steven King, directed by Mick Garis. Although Hamil was a late addition to the film, his presence is welcome; He plays a policeman in the initial scene to help establish the methods of killing the title vampires for cats.

Here in 2025, Hamil is one of the's not less than two King's film adaptations. He played Albi Cranz in the "Life of Chuck", and this weekend he is the mysterious, wicked major in the "long walk". While Hamil appears in King's films, it seems to be a return to species, it is obvious to Hamil that he was once in "Sleepwalkers". When the part was brought up in Hamil during a recent interview, the actor admits that he has forgotten the whole thing, which says a lot about how great and fertile his body at work is.

To be fair, the Hamil Enenkins sheriff appears only in the starting scene of "Sleepwalkers". Given that, plus Hamil's wide list of loans, it makes sense that he may have slipped. However, when Hamil was reminded of appearance while he was talking Fun weeklyHe immediately remembered the circumstances under which he got the gig:

"I totally forgot. If I remember properly, Mick Garris, the director, asked me," Can I make a little role? "I loved him a lot, and I thought," I have to do it to help him. " I don't even know if I paid, but I totally forgot about it.

Despite his forgetfulness, Hamil is very pleasant in the small role, and his strict presence on the stage gives him the great weight of the insidious threat that sleep during the film. In fact, there is a significant similarity between the serious behavior of Ennkins and Hamil's incessant cabel in the "long walk". Hamil did not take the role only in "Sleepwalkers" just because he was a fan of Garris's work. He was also a longtime fan of Steven King, thanks to an unforgettable experience, watching Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of "Glitter" (that the king himself glorious does not love). As Hamil recalls:

"I've always been a fan of Steven King and if it comes out after" glitter ", because it's one of the first (royal) things I've ever seen. I remember seeing it in Westwood, the first week I went. I went directly from the theater to the bookstore and went home to read, 'What the hell did I just saw it? '"

As it turns out, there is little mutual amazement society between King and Hamil. King confessed in 2022 to love the "Kids Performance" remake in 2019in which Hamil presented as the voice of the killer of that film Ai Doll, Shakhi.

Hamil's overturn in "Sleepwalkers" is not just an independent part of Trivia. This is what Hamil represents the first of Kimo's numerous appearances in the film. Ironically, all these homes besides Hamil are other film directors. There is Johnon Landis, Oeo Dante, Clevel Barker, Tobe Houper and Steven King himself. The last three not only does everyone appear in the same scene, but also in the same shot. How Mick Garris told /movie in 2017This footage involving King, Houper and Barker gathered super fast:

"You know, that day that we made King get in to make his arrival with Clive Barker and Tobe Houper was an amazing day. We are in the location, I have never met King before personally, and we have the morning breakfast," King will be here soon! He can only be here for a few hours! " Coming there, we had two hours to shoot the stage.

Although "Sleepwalkers" is not in the upper echelons of the canon of the king of the screenIt is noticeable for several reasons, not only is it that is the only movie to date King has written directly for the screeninstead of one fully or partially adapted by a novel or story about his. Another reason he deserves to be remembered is for these Kimo performances, which are really fun and add a good deal to the film's atmosphere. While Hamil is now reminded of his first collaboration with King, the power of his performances in the "Life of Chuck" and "Long Walk" seem to promise that this is a connection you should (and I hope) will continue.