Ahmed Best , who portrayed Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace . Is upset.

The actor admitted as much in an interview Saturday, saying everybody came for me and his acting.

Best, whose character remains one of the most reviled in all of Star Wars lore, still remembers rehearsals vividly.

This was the first time I was going to do the Jar Jar voice in front of people, Best told People . And to be honest, I didnt know if I was going to do it at that reading or not. I was like, I might do it, I might not. And as Im reading as the first few pages go by, Im in my head.

But when he did, in fact, bust out the characters now-infamous singsong voice, everybody in the room goes crazy for it. So I was like, OK, all right. I got that one out. Im supposed to be here now.

Best was a burgeoning actor before he was cast in the highly-anticipated Star Wars prequel, the first since the original trilogy ended in 1983, opposite Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor. But he soon became the face of fans disappointment with the film.

While hes kept most of these frustrations to himself since 1999, Best has stopped mincing words.

My career began and ended. I didnt know what to do. ... It had never happened before in history, he told People of the intense hatred for the character. Especially with the internet component. Now theres an entire field of psychology based on it.

He noted, too, that he was first person, and in particular the first Black person, to play a fully computer-generated character in a live-action movie.