‘Spaceballs’ star gets honest about working with his dad on sequel
Bill Pullman first appeared in Spaceballs, a parody of the Star Wars, as Lone Starr. Now, he is set to feature in the sequel but this time next to his son Lewis Pullman.
His son, on the other hand, is over the moon on working with him, saying, “We just wrapped, and … every day was such a trip,” the “Thunderbolts*” star said in an interview with People. “It … felt like a bizarre simulation. I just couldn’t believe my luck.”
He continues, “We’ve been wanting to do that forever and we never knew whether we could get the chance or not.”
“And so doing it on a movie like ‘Spaceballs 2’ was just like, ‘What simulation … what world are we in right now?’”
“Thirty-eight years ago, there was only one ‘Star Wars’ trilogy,” read the “Spaceballs 2” announcement video, shared by director Mel Brooks.
“But since then there have been … a prequel trilogy, a sequel trilogy, a sequel to the prequel, a prequel to the sequel, countless TV spinoffs, a movie spinoff of the TV spinoff, which is both a prequel and a sequel.” The video continues, pointing out other franchises like “Jurassic Park, “Avatar” and “Harry Potter” that have continued to expand. “But in 38 years,” it concluded, “There has only ever been one ‘Spaceballs.’ Until now…”
