"The Acolyte," starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Amandla Stenberg, streaming on Disney+.
We sat down with members of the cast (Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lee Jung-jae, Rebecca Henderson, Manny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett) to discuss the making the latest "Star Wars" series. We talk about the possibility of Yoda making an appearance during this season, their "Star Wars" fandom connecting generations of their families, and Dafne Keen gives us her reaction to her "Logan" co-star Hugh Jackman returning to the role of Wolverine.
We sat down with members of the cast (Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lee Jung-jae, Rebecca Henderson, Manny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett) to discuss the making the latest "Star Wars" series. We talk about the possibility of Yoda making an appearance during this season, their "Star Wars" fandom connecting generations of their families, and Dafne Keen gives us her reaction to her "Logan" co-star Hugh Jackman returning to the role of Wolverine.
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00:00If you came to me one day and she would be like,
00:02okay, I have to do this scene, Charlie.
00:04Are my eyebrows moving?
00:05Are they moving?
00:06I mean, like, literally, you couldn't move them in there,
00:08but I'd be like, no, Daft, there's nothing.
00:10I'd be like, nothing?
00:11I'd be like, I'm lifting my right one, can you see it?
00:13And they'd be like, no, nothing.
00:15This isn't about good or bad.
00:20This is about power.
00:22And who is allowed to use it?
00:30The coolest shot so far happens in episode four,
00:33which is the moment that every Jedi ignites their lightsaber at once
00:36and it sort of goes down the line.
00:38I want to know how cool that was on the day of the shoot.
00:41Did it look equally awesome?
00:43You know what?
00:44It was equally awesome,
00:45about until the second that Daphne started to try and run
00:48and fell on a fern.
00:50Oh, no.
00:51That was really what made it a human moment.
00:53Was it for, like, a few takes?
00:55It wasn't like I fell, I kept face bouncing the ground.
00:57No, she kept falling, yeah.
00:59It was epic until that moment, though.
01:00It was really cool.
01:01Once we pulled them out, that was pretty solid.
01:03Yeah.
01:04It was really humbling.
01:05We all felt really cool and it was like, oh.
01:07Yeah.
01:08At least you can get a horn into, you know.
01:10Thank God, actually, that's a really good point.
01:11It's dangerous.
01:12Yeah.
01:16Yeah, that scene you mentioned,
01:18we, you know, kind of shot it with the light actually coming on
01:21and the lightsaber, so it felt very realistic.
01:24And when we saw that red lightsaber come on for the first time,
01:31it really felt like a big event was gonna happen
01:34or a big fight scene.
01:35So it was a really exciting moment on set as well.
01:39Rebecca, I'm curious, jealous of the co-stars
01:41who didn't have to endure the makeup chair
01:43or really happy with your look?
01:45Really happy with my look.
01:47Really happy with my look.
01:48Definitely.
01:49Definitely look better green.
01:50Would prefer to always be green and bald.
01:53It was so sad when they took it off and like,
01:55my skin underneath, like red and gross.
01:58Yeah, I love being green.
02:00My eyes are actually green, so it made my eyes really pop.
02:03And I, yeah, I thought I looked fantastic, honestly.
02:06But it is a long process.
02:07It was three hours at first and then two hours we got it down to,
02:10and then taking it off was a process.
02:12And when I, like, blew my nose for the week afterwards,
02:15it would be green.
02:18I honestly loved it.
02:19I can't think of many cons.
02:22It was really good to get into the character.
02:24I think it gave her a completely different dimension
02:26I'd imagined her in a way,
02:28and then she became something completely different
02:30when I was in the makeup, which was really nice.
02:32Also, just from, like, a vain, like, human point of view,
02:36having your face taken away from you just takes so much pressure off you
02:39because you don't have to be, like, thinking about,
02:41you're just the character.
02:43Yeah, yeah.
02:44And from, like, a comedy point of view,
02:47it meant that any time we went out with the crew,
02:49no one knew who I was.
02:50No one knew.
02:51They were like, it's nice to meet you.
02:52And I'd be like, I have been working with you for six months.
02:54To the end.
02:55Six months.
02:56To me.
02:57I mean, you've got to mention the eyebrows, though.
02:59Oh, yeah.
03:00Well, they took, it's also really difficult to act.
03:02I use my eyebrows a lot,
03:03but it's really difficult to act without any eyebrows.
03:05And I kept being told off by Leslie.
03:08She'd be like, you're not acting.
03:09And I'd be like, I'm doing so much.
03:11But obviously, if you do, if you cover this,
03:13it looks like you're not doing anything.
03:15So I was giving, like, the most deadpan performance ever.
03:17But to me, I was overacting so much.
03:20I was like, no, because all you could see was this.
03:23Oh, I thought that was a choice.
03:24I thought deadpan was just, like, yours.
03:26Yeah.
03:27Let's go with that.
03:28It was definitely a choice.
03:29It came to me one day, and she would be like,
03:31OK, I have to do this scene, Charlie.
03:32Are my eyebrows moving?
03:34Are they moving?
03:35I mean, like, literally, you couldn't move them in there,
03:37but I'd be like, no, Daft, there's nothing.
03:39I'd be like, nothing?
03:40I'd be like, I'm lifting my right one.
03:41Can you see it?
03:42And they'd be like, no.
03:43No, nothing.
03:44Oh, man.
03:45Destiny is not decided for you by an anonymous force.
03:53If you want to pull the thread,
03:56you'll change everything.
03:58Then pull it.
04:01We finally get to get into Force Witches,
04:05which is an incredible thing to discuss.
04:07How much research into this corner of the universe
04:09did you have to do, and who could you turn to
04:11when you needed questions answered?
04:13Leslie is pretty much like a walking Star Wars encyclopedia.
04:19That was one thing that was, like, really great about it,
04:22to know, like, the person the most closest to the project
04:26was right there for me to just be like,
04:29OK, explain this to me.
04:30Explain that to me.
04:31Thank God for the internet, because, you know,
04:34in lieu of reading a bunch of books,
04:38when you don't necessarily, like, when you're literally
04:41thrown into something, it's good to be able to, like,
04:43go down a black hole of doom scrolling.
04:46But what was nice is to be able to talk to a person, right?
04:51Because it's like, there's so much information out there,
04:53and so to actually be able to, like, to talk to someone
04:55who is so knowledgeable about it,
04:57I mean, Leslie really walked me through everything.
05:00I would say I had the most conversations
05:06with director and showrunner Leslie Headlan.
05:09I mean, she is a mega fan,
05:11so she has, like, an encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars,
05:14so whether it was any questions I had about, you know,
05:18the background, the backstory, about the characters,
05:22she was really able to answer all of them.
05:25We have Force Teacher,
05:27which is, for me, one of the coolest parts,
05:29aside from our unbelievable stunt team
05:32and their leadership.
05:33Alex was leading us through our own connection to the Force,
05:37through meditation, through movement.
05:40A lot of that I took in just kind of centering myself
05:43and applying the physical nature.
05:45We all, as actors, we always have different inlets.
05:48You know, it might be physical, it might be imagery,
05:51it might be costume, it might be shoes or music.
05:54Through that experience,
05:55I really grasped a better control or knowledge
05:59of how physical can play such a huge role.
06:02Alex was incredible, though, really.
06:04I think Star Wars is so invested in its characters.
06:09You know, it's really so much about each character,
06:13and you don't often get that kind of special attention
06:17to character and story in all sci-fi productions.
06:21Like, a lot of times it's really about the bigger picture
06:23and not necessarily about, like, what is granular
06:26about each character.
06:31What happened?
06:32I sensed the darkness.
06:39Part of the joy of getting to watch these episodes
06:42is that I'm sharing them with my son right off the bat,
06:44who is, he's a college student, he's home from school,
06:46he's watched Star Wars with me all my life.
06:48I'm curious if there's a family member who is,
06:50who introduced you to this world,
06:52or maybe even a family member who you can't wait
06:54to share these episodes with because of their shared love
06:56of Star Wars.
06:57The answer is my dad and my dad.
06:59I watched them with my dad when I was young,
07:01and he's so excited that I'm in this show.
07:04It's beautiful.
07:05And I was doing some press yesterday,
07:07and the answers of the two people I was with yesterday
07:09also were, like, watched it with my dad,
07:11watched it with my dad.
07:12So there's obviously, like, a big, that's, ah, I love that.
07:18Yeah, of course my family is extremely excited
07:20for the Acolyde to come out.
07:22Actually, there's going to be a group of my friends,
07:27you know, watching it the day it comes out.
07:29And then also, ah, my family members, so.
07:31I'm kind of torn.
07:34They're saying, I should come to each of their meetings,
07:37and I don't know where to go.
07:39They're saying, I should come to each of their meetings,
07:41and I don't know where to go.
07:43Close your eyes.
07:46Your eyes
07:49can deceive you.
07:51Tell me what comes into your mind.
07:55Um, Rebecca, you can't mention, ah, the High Council,
07:58the Jedi Council, without us wondering if Yoda,
08:00who's been around for a really long time,
08:02might potentially show up.
08:03Uh, touch your nose if this is a character
08:05who you're familiar with, or, ah.
08:07If I'm familiar with Yoda?
08:08Yeah, or might see in the Acolyte at some point down the line.
08:12Ah, touch your nose.
08:13Unfortunately, you do not.
08:14You do not, unfortunately.
08:15But, I don't know, maybe in the second season?
08:18Third season?
08:19Daphne, before they kick me out,
08:20I just need to know, as someone who was in Logan,
08:22what your reaction was to Hugh coming back to the role?
08:25Were you shocked?
08:26I was, I was so shocked,
08:27because when we were shooting, Hugh was like,
08:29I'm never joking, he was like, I love it,
08:30but I've been doing this for 17 years,
08:32and I'm, I'm, I want to leave this behind.
08:34So it was a real shock to see it.
08:36But, the trailer looks incredible,
08:38so I'm just really excited to see it when it comes out.
08:40I will be in the cinema, for sure.
08:42Same.
08:43Yeah.
08:44Do you want to watch it together?
08:45Oh yeah.
08:46Let's go watch it together.
08:47I want there, I want to be there.
08:48That's right, we're all going together.
08:49We're all going.
08:50Oh yeah.
08:51Okay.
08:53We're all going.
08:55I want to watch it together.
08:56And you'll see.
08:57We'll see you next time.
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