Okay, I almost didn’t post this because haters gonna hate on this one. I know Russell Brand was largely cricketed on Saturday Night Live, but that’s because American audiences are terrible. I have no excuse for Arthur. But back in the nineties, no one thought funny man Michael Keaton could play Batman and that turned out pretty swell (for the time). So keep an open mind. Russel Brand tells Metro UK that he wants to play a Jedi in Episode VII.