Jar Jar actors Binks Ahmed Best considered suicide after the impact of Star Wars

Star Wars actor Ahmed Best returned to the place where he nearly ended his life while the reaction against his character Jar Jar Binks became too strong

Star Wars fans hated the character. The Phantom Menace franchise, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith, and turned to the actor behind the mask to play Jar Jar, and now, nearly 20 years after the release of the film, Ahmed has posted a photo of The 44-year-old young man added the caption: "20 years old next year, I've been facing a media backlash that still affects my career today.It's the place where I almost finished my life. "

He added," I have survived and now this little guy is my gift for survival. "

In an interview with Wired last year, Best revealed that he felt like a success and a failure at the same Au When his Star Wars career took off, he adds, "I was looking at the end of my career before it started."

"There were a lot of tears, there was a lot of suffering, he There was a lot of st I had to face. Everyone continued. Everyone worked. Everyone was accepted by the zeitgeist … I did not have another chance after Jar Jar. "

He's not the only Star Wars actor to be attacked by fans – Kelly Marie Tran and Daisy Ridley leave Instagram after being targeted by trolls who disapproved of their casting and characters." Tran received the racial backlash after becoming the first Asian leader of Star Wars in The Last Jedi