But after the girl expressed her dissatisfaction with Fiennes, that was the end of his Star Wars journey.
After the audition, Lucas introduced Fiennes to his young daughter and said he’s “quite possibly Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
Instead, the Obi-Wan role went to Ewan McGregor, who was Fiennes’ Guildhall School of Music and Drama classmate.
Joseph Fiennes recalled to The Wrap that when he auditioned to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Phantom Menace (he didn’t name the movie, but provided enough obvious clues about it), he made it far enough into the process that he auditioned in front of George Lucas and casting director Robin Gurland.