Warwick Davis brings wife Samantha and children to screening of Disney+ series Willow as he reprises his role 34 years later
Warwick Davis is reprising his role as Willow Ufgood 34 years later for a new Disney+ series.
And the actor, 52, brought his wife Samantha, 51, along with daughter Annabelle, 25, and son Harrison, 19, to a screening at Magic Castle in Hollywood on Monday night.
The family settled down for a group photo as they walked the red carpet together.
He is back! Warwick Davis brought his wife Samantha (second from left) and children Annabelle and Harrison to the Disney+ series Willow screening at Magic Castle in Hollywood on Monday. as he reprises his role 34 years later
Return! Ron Howard’s original 1988 film – heavily based on The Lord of the Rings – raked in $137.6 million at the global box office despite dismal reviews
Warwick and his “soul mate” Samantha met as teenagers on the set of Willow and have been married for 31 years.
Samantha, 16 when they met, and co-star Peter Burroughs’ daughter had an extra role in the film and the couple fell in love, dating for four years before marrying in 1991.
Warwick was born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), a rare genetic form of dwarfism, which Annabelle and Harrison inherited.
In the teaser. Willow tells her group, “We need to go beyond the limits of our world into the unknown. Our real enemy is still out there, bypassing the forces of evil, and the only thing standing in his way is us’
“Madmartigan lives!” As for Val Kilmer – who played mercenary swordsman Madmartigan – he may not appear in Willow’s first season, but he’s still “a big part of it”
Sam suffers from achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism.
The newsreel shows Warwick warning his friends of an impending threat to their fantasy lands.
In the trailer, he states, “We are the world’s best hope against the evil that is coming to destroy us all!”
The stars: (LR) Jonathan Kasdan, Warwick Davis, Amar Chadha-Patel, Tony Revolori, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman, Dempsey Bryk and Ruby Cruz
Davis and Ellie Bamber were pictured together at Willow’s special influencer screening
Posing for snaps: Warwick looked smart in a pink shirt and jeans at night
Warwick previously opened up about how filming the original film when he was 17 and the mental toll it took on him.
He said: “The only reason I went through it before, for me, was because of Ron Howard, the director, and Val Kilmer [who played Madmartigan]“, said the actor.
“Because between the two of them, they didn’t let me feel the pressure of that.
“Today, directing and being the main character in a movie, I would feel the pressure of that. But at 17, I was just like, ‘Well, that’s pretty funny.’
Willow premieres November 30 on Disney+.
New toy! Last Saturday, Disney+ unveiled the first full trailer for its Willow sequel, in which Warwick Davis wields a flamethrower as the titular character Willow Ufgood
