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10 Actors Who Returned To Famous Roles After A Very Long Time

Once upon a time, it was common practice for an actor to play a character in a movie just the once before moving on to other projects. However, in this new world we find ourselves in, where cinematic universes, sequels, reboots (even rebootquels) rule the box office, the stars of today are being asked to reappear in the same roles over and over again. Many for the first time in years. Decades, even.
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Published: Sep 15, 2016 11:00 am

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1) Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher And Mark Hamill – 32 Years

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Returning as the iconic trio of Han Solo, Princess (sorry, General) Leia and Luke Skywalker (though without any lines), Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill turned up in 2015’s The Force Awakens a whopping 32 years after their last appearance in a Star Wars movie, and we were thrilled to see them back on screen.

Ford, of course, is the unchallenged king of latter-day sequels. Before Force Awakens, he reprised Indiana Jones in 2008’s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a hefty 19 years after The Last Crusade. Next year, he’ll beat his own record when he returns to the role of Rick Deckard in the long-awaited Blade Runner sequel. In case you haven’t been keeping count, that will be 35 years after the 1982 sci-fi heavyweight first debuted.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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