Mark Hamill forgot he acted in Stephen King’s ‘Sleepwalkers’

Mark Hamill forgot the force of this movie.

In 1992, the actor, 73, had a small role in the adaptation of Stephen King’s “Sleepwalkers.” However, decades later, Hamill doesn’t remember playing Sheriff Jenkins in the horror drama.

“I totally forgot,” the “Star Wars” actor admitted to Entertainment Weekly. “If I remember right, Mick Garris, the director, asked me, ‘Could I do a small role?’ I loved him so much, and I thought, ‘I’ve gotta do it to help him.’ I don’t even know if I got paid, but I totally forgot about it. If there’s not a premiere of a movie, sometimes they’ll slip through, and I don’t see ’em. I think I eventually saw it, but it was so long ago, I can’t remember much of it.”

In the project, Brian Krause and Alice Krige starred as Charles and Mary Brady, respectively, shape-shifters who are looking to feed on local virgin girls.

“I don’t remember the plot; I don’t remember who I played. I should probably look it up,” Hamill continued. “I’ve always been a Stephen King fan, and if it came out after ‘The Shining,’ because that’s one of the first things I ever saw. I remember I saw it in Westwood, [Calif.,] the very first week it opened. I walked directly from the theater to a bookstore and went home to read, ‘What the Hell Did I Just Read?’”

The star continued to act in various King, 77, projects, including “The Life of Chuck” in 2024 and “The Long Walk,” which comes out in September.

The upcoming film is based on King’s 1979 novel that follows the contestants of a grueling and deadly annual walking contest. Hamill plays a military leader in totalitarian America.

“The real heart and soul of the picture is their experiences in these extraordinary circumstances,” he said of the characters, “their highs, their lows, their triumphs, their tragedies, the alliances, the rivalries. That’s what the movie’s all about.”

King has been serving screams for decades.

The author’s 1974 book “Carrie” was the first of many to be adapted to the big screen. The 1976 film was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Sissy Spacek and John Travolta.

“I liked De Palma’s film of Carrie quite a bit,” King said in an interview with Cinefantastique. “The attitude of the film was different from my book; I tended to view the events straight-on, humorlessly, in a straight point-to-point progression, while I think De Palma saw a chance to make a movie that was a satirical view of high school life in general and high school peer-groups in particular. A perfectly viable point of view.”

He added, “Sissy Spacek was excellent, but right behind her – in a smaller part than it should have been was John Travolta. He played the part of Billy Nolan the way I wish I’d written it, half-funny and half-crazy.”

Hamill, meanwhile, first rose to fame playing Luke Skywalker in George Lucas’ “Star Wars” films since 1977.

Rumors swirled that the actor quit the franchise after he told ComicBook.com in May that he “had his time” with the beloved sci-fi series and that “they should focus on the future.”

“I am so grateful to George for letting me be a part of that back in the day, the humble days when George called ‘Star Wars’ the most expensive low-budget movie ever made,” shared Hamill. “We never expected it to become a permanent franchise and a part of pop culture like that.”

“But my deal is, I had my time,” he continued. “I’m appreciative of that, but I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters.”

A month later, the “Wild Robot” star set the record straight.

“Well, let me say: they haven’t asked me,” Hamill said while on “Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist” at the time. “It’s not like they said, ‘Please come back.’”

“I don’t want to make a big PR pronouncement like ‘This is my decision,’” he added. “I’m just saying that it really felt like a conclusion. My character was given complete closure. I died, ironically by overdosing on the Force, I might point out.”

Hamill’s character dies at the end of 2017’s “The Last Jedi.”

Despite Skywalker’s death, Hamill reprised his iconic role in 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker” as a Force spirit.

“Once the Skywalker trilogy was over, it was a whole new era for them,” Hamill explained to host Willie Geist.

“George gave them this amazing canvas, the entire galaxy. They can do Westerns, mysteries, comedies, whodunits, anything within that realm of ‘Star Wars.’”