Mark Hamill may just have tweeted his way into a 'Guardians of the Galaxy 3' role

Usually, decisions about who gets cast in a film take place behind the scenes.

Obviously there are rumours and reports that circulate, but for the most part the whole process is done behind closed doors.

Not always, though.

This is 2018, after all, pretty much everyone is on social media, and speaking to people on Twitter is the new speaking to people in person.

This time, it started with a simple request.

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Directors and actors probably receive a bunch of tweets like that every day. But this one obviously caught Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn's eye.

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A few hours later, the man himself got involved.

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Suddenly, all the pieces were coming together.

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It certainly is how DMs work, and this tweet from Josh Gad pretty well summed up the reaction of the entire internet on seeing that exchange.

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Please let those DMs be taking place as we speak.