Star Wars: Where Are They Now? #3 – Ahmed Best HD

Before landing the role of Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, Ahmed Best contributed to the success of acid jazz group Jazzhole, co-writing and co-producing three albums for the band. In 1995 he joined the cast of the Obie Award winning Stomp, which helped him land the role of everyone’s favourite Gungan. Casting director Robin Gurland admired his flexible and athletic movements in the aforementioned production, and so cast Ahmed as Jar Jar Binks. Despite Best’s best efforts, excuse the horrible pun, fans quickly turned on his performance, and many to this day still claim Binks is the worst Star Wars character ever. Although Ahmed’s portrayal of Binks continued after the prequel trilogy, even making fun of the character in episodes of Robot Chicken, he has dipped his toes into many other acting waters. To this day, Best continues his love for both the silver and small screens… Episode 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsorADlEqgs Episode 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9UtRwEO34 Check This Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybeHAwYIYs Vote for future top 10 lists - http://www.thecancrizans.com/#!countdowns/wbd9b http://www.thecancrizans.com/ Want a #PrayerForPoggle t-shirt? - https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/414139-prayerforpoggle Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheCancrizans-1579273369000365/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheCancrizans Google+ - https://plus.google.com/107940208089090459388/posts "The Descent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/