David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the first three 'Star Wars' movies, has recently expressed that he would have loved to be part of the new film.
However, the 79-year-old feared that he would forget the lines due to his dementia, the Mirror reported.
The former English bodybuilder said that his condition wouldn't have mattered as he would have loved to have done anything in it, even if it was just a cameo.
Prowse, who recently revived his 1975 role as the Green Cross Code man, mentioned that he has been taking medication to try to treat the dementia symptoms.
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