I had to visit IMDB to make sure he wasn't just being digitally recreated for his scenes...
Personally I like von Sydow. You could do worse than to watch every movie he has ever been in, from his Bergman movies such as The Seventh Seal, to the Exorcist, to Pollack’s Three Days of the Condor (my personal fav).
If he’s a lib, don’t tell me.
That being said, I would shoot his scenes first. The same goes for Donald Sutherland. They hopefully have all his Hunger Games scenes already in the can.
When you're Jesus, you get to live forever...
Also, Jeffrey Hunter got to be in Star Trek after being Jesus, so it's only fair that Max gets to be in Star Wars.
You and me both! I went to IMDB just now. I was certain he had recently died. Looks like I got him mixed up with Maxmillian Schell, who passed away this past February.