• A video of “Stars Wars” actor Mark Hamill being harassed in his automotive has gone viral on Twitter.
• One fan seems to injure the 71-year-old actor by hitting him within the neck with a chunk of memorabilia.
• Hamill reshared the video and mirrored on the much less glamorous aspect of being a Hollywood icon.

A video of “Stars Wars” actor Mark Hamill being harassed by autograph hunters has gone viral on Twitter, inflicting him to mirror on the much less glamorous aspect of being a Hollywood icon.

Within the 37-second clip, the 71-year-old actor is proven sitting within the backseat of a black SUV along with his window rolled down as followers thrust posters of his character, Luke Skywalker, and different “Star Wars” memorabilia at him to autograph. 

Hamill gamely indicators a number of gadgets earlier than being hit within the neck with a chunk of memorabilia that causes him to audibly groan and lean away from the window. After this, he rolls up his window and the automotive begins to drive away.

Retweeting the video to his 5.2 million followers on Twitter on Monday, Hamill wrote: “#TheDownsideOfCelebrity.”

The unique video, shared by a Twitter person named @skywalkuzzy, has 4.4 million views. 

Representatives for Hamill didn’t instantly reply to a request for added remark.

—Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) May 8, 2023

It was captioned: “I’m beside myself. Inconsolably sickened. THIS IS NOT HOW TO TREAT YOUR HERO’S. Everybody on this video owes @MarkHamill a written fucking apology for his or her greed and selfishness. How he manages to stay a form soul after many years of this habits towards him is past me.”

A lot of Hamill’s followers expressed their outrage on the actions of the so-called followers within the video.

—Storm Taker (@StormTaker_) May 8, 2023

—Okiro (@TheFirstOkiro) May 8, 2023

Earlier this yr, the actor introduced that he was planning to promote signed “Star Wars” posters — for a great trigger. 

Chatting with Politico, the actor who has appeared as his Jedi character in six movies within the sci-fi franchise, introduced that he was teaming up with United24 to assist elevate cash to help the Ukrainian struggle effort. 

“We determined to signal ‘Star Wars’ posters, a restricted quantity,” Hamill stated. “For actual hardcore collectors — particularly people who have disposable revenue — you will get far more cash … than you’ll think about.”

Hamill instructed the outlet that he hasn’t offered autographed gadgets since 2017, when “Star Wars: The Final Jedi” was launched. 

“It is simply not one thing I do,” he stated, including that he was pleased to make an exception to help Ukraine, whose ongoing combat in opposition to Russia is “nothing in need of inspirational.”

Ten posters with Hamill’s signature had been raffled off, with 5 of them going to followers who donated $100 or extra and one other 5 assured to those that donated $10,000 or extra.