Star Wars legend Mark Hamill suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the 2025 BAFTAs this year — and the actor has revealed that none other than fellow movie legend Demi Moore gave him a thumbs up from the audience as the incident occurred.
Speaking on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Hamill described the trouser drop as “the ultimate actor’s nightmare.”
He explained that his pants, which started to slip down while he was at the podium giving Conclave the award for Best Film, weren’t much of an issue before the ceremony.
“I tried those pants on twice. Once at the house in California, and [my stylist] fitted them and he said, ‘How are they?’ And I said, ‘Fine. A little snug, but they will do. You could let them out a skosh,” he explained while appearing to promote Mike Flanagan’s new film The Life of Chuck.
But things got a little hairy after that. “Cut to us in London, with the car outside, 20 minutes before we are supposed to leave. I put the pants on,” Hamill continued. “He let them out four or five inches! Luckily, our dresser Mary had a safety pin and she pinned them in the back, and so I thought I was good to go.”
As actors tend to know, things that can go wrong usually will. “They introduced me, and as I start walking to the podium, I feel the pin pop,” he told Colbert. “And every step I took, they slipped lower and lower and lower. I’m not kidding you, they were at my knees by the time I got to the podium!”
At that point, Hamill looked out into the crowd for his wife, but his eyes “landed” on Moore. Hamill mouthed: “Did you see my pants fall down?” Moore’s reaction? An encouraging thumbs up and a big smile.
Hamill, like the Jedi of old, kept calm and carried on. “I just willed myself, like hypnosis. I was trying to beam into the audience, ‘You did not see my pants fall down. It’s all an illusion,'” Hamill said on the late night show. “I stuck to the teleprompter and didn’t acknowledge it. I didn’t want to make a joke or bring any attention to it.”
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Hamill said the director of BAFTAs later told him that the podium blocked the audience’s view from the front, but those sat to the sides could see his pants around his knees. In a hilarious turn of events, Hamill also made sure the audience knew he wouldn’t be having a repeat of the BAFTA night at Colbert’s. “Believe me, my pants are very secure tonight,” he said.
If you were wondering whether Mark Hamill might play Luke Skywalker once again as a Force ghost, think again. The legendary actor has ruled out a return to the world famous sci-fi franchise, saying it’s now time for Star Wars to move past legacy characters and focus on the future.
Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
