While it would be hard to imagine The Mandalorian without the presence of Migs Mayfeld, the actor behind him was certainly not first in many people’s mind when it came to a role in the galaxy far, far away and comedian Bill Burr explains just how this unlikely union came about on YMHC with Tom Segura.
“I went to Mike Binder’s birthday party and Jon [Favreau] was there, and he said, ‘Hey, we’re writing this thing. We kind of have you in mind. Do you want to do it?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know, Jon. I have teased Star Wars people a lot.’ He goes, ‘I know. I listen to the podcast a lot. I think it would be funny if you got in it,’” Burr recalled. “My wife was kicking me under the table and I was like, ‘All right, I’ll do it.’
Burr explained that there was a misconception that he actually hated Star Wars, which he said was not the case. “I was just hating on it as a comic,” he told Segura. “You see 1,000 people excited about something, you’re going to make fun of it.”
