It seems like throughout the process of putting together Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ewan McGregor was sitting patiently waiting for JJ Abrams to call him.
It was not in vain though, as the actor ended up making a voice cameo in the film as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
He told Jimmy Kimmel: "I'd been waiting for the call to come for two years. I thought maybe they've lost my agent's phone number.
"Then I got a call from JJ just shortly before the film was released. He asked me to come in and said, 'I'd love you to be a part of it'."
However, he did have to share the role with Alec Guinness, which they pulled off in an extraordinary way.
He explained: "The line is, 'Rey, these are your first steps'. But they got Alec Guinness to do 'Rey', which is extraordinary because he's not alive anymore.
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"They got a line of him as Obi-Wan Kenobi saying 'afraid,' and cut the 'A' and the 'D' off. So Alec Guinness is saying, 'Rey', and I'm saying, 'These are your first steps'."
Watch JJ Abrams talk The Force Awakens with Digital Spy below:
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