'Sandlot' Star Patrick Renna Recalls Working With James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones was widely respected on the set of "The Sandlot," even by his 13-year-old costars ... actor Patrick Renna recalls to TMZ.

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00:00You probably do reunions a lot, you know, all that, will there, I mean, obviously, will

00:08there ever be like something?

00:10I mean we get together, we get together and hang out.

00:13We see each other every few years, so, but like nothing official, I don't think, probably.

00:18You don't think, nah?

00:19I don't know, we'll see, yeah, I don't know.

00:21I mean, one of the best like IPs of all time, too.

00:24Oh, thanks.

00:25I wondered, I know it's been three weeks, but like, you know, we lost James.

00:29I know.

00:30And he's so important, like, to that movie, you know, and I'm sure you probably had your

00:35interactions with him, what?

00:37You know, we had, yeah, we had a little on set, but not as much as we wanted, for sure,

00:42because, you know, he was only there a few days, but even back then, being 13, we knew

00:46he was, you know, we knew he was.

00:48Yeah.

00:49Yeah.

00:50Did he kick you guys any wisdom?

00:51No, we didn't, the only fun story is Marty York, who played Yaya, went up to him and

00:56said, are you Darth Vader?

01:00And he looked at him and said, no, I'm your father.

01:04So that was it.

01:05That was the fun story, but we didn't get to hang out with him too much.

01:08Plus, it was about, you know, nine, 13 year old kids, I'm sure, you know, probably were

01:12overwhelming.