{"id":344004,"date":"2025-08-04T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=392052"},"modified":"2025-08-04T04:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:18:53","slug":"kurt-russell-podria-haber-protagonizado-star-wars-pero-prefirio-participar-en-un-western-televisivo-ahora-olvidado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/kurt-russell-podria-haber-protagonizado-star-wars-pero-prefirio-participar-en-un-western-televisivo-ahora-olvidado\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Russell podr\u00eda haber protagonizado Star Wars, pero prefiri\u00f3 participar en un western televisivo ahora olvidado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kurt Russell, known for his solid and long-lasting career in Hollywood, is reflecting on a key moment that could have changed his professional trajectory. <strong>In the mid-1970s, although he was already a recognized figure in the industry, he had not yet achieved the fame that came to him in the 1980s.<\/strong> During that period, George Lucas expressed notable interest in having Russell play Luke Skywalker or Han Solo in the iconic Star Wars saga. However, uncertainty about his casting led him to reject the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A questionable decision, but one he does not regret<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a memorable conversation with Lucas, Russell recalls asking him about his role in the project, to which the director replied that he wasn&#8217;t sure which character he would prefer the actor for. <strong>This ambivalence prevented Russell from accepting to participate in the film, as he was presented with an offer to star in The Quest, a television western<\/strong>. Although the project turned out to be a failure and was canceled after only 11 episodes, Russell felt compelled to choose the job opportunity that arose at that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Quest The Longest Drive Trailer 1976\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eb_qnTM2iv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series The Quest premiered in September 1976 and was quickly canceled, while Star Wars: Episode IV \u2013 A New Hope was released in May 1977, becoming an undeniable cultural phenomenon. Despite the magnitude that Star Wars reached, Russell does not seem regretful about the decision he made. <strong>\u201cI don\u2019t regret anything,&#8221; he stated in an interview, emphasizing that decisions in life happen for a reason and that he is satisfied with his career<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, it was a science fiction film, 1997. 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A mediados de la d\u00e9cada de 1970, aunque ya era una figura reconocida en la industria, a\u00fan no hab\u00eda alcanzado la fama que le lleg\u00f3 en la d\u00e9cada de 1980<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":344005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[14573,4486,7625,4588,11930,13906,7627,1455,14574,14575],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-344004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1997-rescate-en-nueva-york","tag-george-lucas","tag-han-solo","tag-hollywood","tag-john-carpenter","tag-kurt-russell","tag-luke-skywalker","tag-star-wars","tag-star-wars-episodio-iv-una-nueva-esperanza","tag-the-quest","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344004"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344019,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344004\/revisions\/344019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344004"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=344004"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=344004"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=344004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}