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Warwick Davis (Wicket) was born on February 3, 1970; he turns 33 today.
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Warwick’s career as an actor came about purely by chance. Back in 1981 his Grandmother heard a radio announcement calling for people under 4ft tall to appear in the new Star Wars film Return of the Jedi. Originally cast as a background artist, Warwick’s gestures were so characteristic of George Lucas’s vision of an Ewok, that he was recast as Wicket, who became one of the film’s lead creature characters. "I based Wicket’s inquisitive nature and movements on my pet dog". Toy figures of Wicket were released after the films opening and were labelled, Wicket W. Warrick.
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