New Details on Greg Grunberg’s Character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens!
Greg Grunberg was a guest at Nerdist’s Chewin’ It podcast show and revealed some juicy details about his character from The Force Awakens…
As you know Greg Grunberg and J.J. Abrams are childhood friends and he appeared on most of Abrams’ projects. First it was believed that Greg will have a cameo in the movie, but later the actor revealed that he had filmed for several weeks in London.
Now Grunberg gave some more hints about his role, which appears to be a pretty big one:
- He has signed for three movies.
- He shot for 7 weeks in London at Pinewood.
- He is not a CG character.
- He has facial hair.
- He has no prosthetics.
- He never read the whole script. It was on red paper.
- There will be an action figure with his character.
- The actors had to wear cloaks while walking towards the set.
You can watch the whole podcast with Grunberg at Nerdist.com HERE.
Thanks to @greedo737 for the heads up.
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I assume he will be an X-wing Pilot of some sorts. Perhaps a close friend to Poe Dameron
ypu literally stole the words from me.
Close. Son of Wedge.
Greg’s probably one of the other X-Wing pilots in the teasers that we haven’t seen yet. Expect to see him share screen time with Poe.
Captain Trilla, maybe?
I say he might be a Jedi Knight. He had similar roles before at “Heroes” and many law enforcement roles too. This guy wears “Jedi” all over him. He is a good actor, I look forward to see his performance at TFA.
224 days!!
Stay on target. Stay on target.
Signed for three movies….the new Wedge?
Wedged
I can easily see him being an X-wing pilot and one of Poe’s friends. Could he be the new Wedge?
I still say Kenth Hamner, because I am pathetic and cling to the EU like a sad baby.
But in all seriousness this line made me laugh “There will be an action figure with his character.”
…This is Star Wars weare talking about right! of course there will be.
is there any star wars character that hasnt gotten an action figure?
Yup, even the bloody Jedi librarian has an “action” figure.
What about action figures of baby Luke and baby Leia?
My son had the baby action figures–they were tiny.
Yes….
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-Revenge-Separation/dp/B000CPQZ2A
And baby Leia…
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Revenge-Seperation-Infant/dp/B000CPL6MO/ref=pd_bxgy_t_img_y
I always found it odd, that the original (77-85) toys had some figures with extremely limited screen time (Yak Face!) but then never sold Moff Tarkin, Wedge, Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru etc who had fairly large speaking parts. Kenner was odd with that – although I know they all have figures now.
Back then it was mostly a contract issue. Some actors did not want their likeness on a toy and said ‘no’ (like Cushing) but after they passed away most of them were ok’d (ala the green card Tarkin)
A guy over at the RPF actually does custom made Beru and Owen burned skeletons figures. Complete in original looking packages.
Kinnda cool 😛
In the 70s and 80s Star Wars figures were considered “boys’ toys” for boys to act out their action fantasies with. Three elderly dead people who don’t do anything action-oriented weren’t considered appealing, whereas Yak Face could at least be imagined to be a bad guy or a good guy. It was his lack of story that made him more appropriate to be imagined with. (Also, the likeness thing had nothing to do with it- back then, the figures were not nearly facially accurate enough for that to be an issue.)
I think he’ll be playing an alien with facial hair- Zeb-like? stunted wookiee? Or an over grown ewok?
Everyone thinks that Serkis is going to be the big bad- WRONG…we now know who it is
HOLY SMOKES GUYS, GREG GUNBERG IS DARTH PLAGUEIS!
…Only joking. 😛
“The actors had to wear cloaks while walking towards the set”… a tarp sounds more appropriate
IT’S A TARP!!!
He may surprise me and go First Order or Bounty Hunter on me, but I’m gonna jump on the band wagon here and say he will fight with the resistance. He just has that nice guy vibe. And just because he’s full figured doesn’t automatically necessitate that he is a Porkins. Lol. Captain Antilles of Corellia would be cool, but I’m gonna go with all new character (ie – unrelated to previous characters), but definitely a good guy.
SPECULATION:
The New Rogue Squadron:
Rogue Leader – Oscar Isaac (Dameron)
Rogue 2 – Greg Grunberg (Antilles)
Rogue 3 – Simon Pegg (Alien)
Rogue 4 – Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Twi’Lek/Human surname – Jarrus)See what I did there? Oh, the tension…
Rogue 5 – Domhnall Gleeson (Ben Skywalker)
None of this is true
That’s why I put speculation at the top. Lol.
If only… Would love this.
your speculation is not far off… 😉
Oh let me guess. You have an inside scoop and know what’s going on? Right…
sad that being JJ’s buddy can get you a 3 movie reoccurring role but Billy Dee Williams can’t get a gig 🙁
Why is everybody so keen on an old people movie?
I wanna see walkingstick fights instead of lightsabers.
Hey, it works in Lord of the Rings, which makes Christopher Lee’s Count Dooku / waste of a character sting all the more.
4 out of I don’t know how many actors in this film are over the age of 50. If you really want an old codgers film go and watch Cocoon.
Space Cowboys is actually a pretty good movie – once you get past the fact that it’s about as true to NASA policies as Armageddon, it’s quite enjoyable.
I dare you guys to say this stuff to Clint Eastwood or Tommy Lee Jones’ faces.
Don’t be ageist. This attack on the elderly is quite disturbing.
dooku
tarkin
obi wan
palpatine
yoda
now luke skywalker
max von sydow
in star wars, old guys kickass and rule… 😛
if youre lucky, youll get there, and age really matters less and less in these times which is cool. i know when im older, im not gonna sit around on my ass doing nothing. im going to LIVE to the best of my ability.
Is red paper for scripts still effective?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y7D-XaRQr4
Greg will be the keeper
I think Gleeson is the ‘true’ Kylo Ren. I think Driver is his bodyguard/decoy. IDK why.
Greg plays Bigg’s illegitimate son with Camie: Tarel Darklighter.
Seems like he got ‘wedged’ into this one.
The perks of being friends with the director…
If he’s good, I see no problem. If I were friends with him, I’d hope he’d throw me a bone or two as well. It’s not like he’s Sophia Coppola from The Godfather III.
I think he’s playing a guy who can’t get work anywhere else!! Handy when your best mates with the third rate director of the godawful Star Trek reboot!!
Greg Grunberg is playing Kitster. He was frozen in carbonite for 20 years which is why he is not as old as he would have been in The Force Awakens era.
I just don’t care…
Anyways…when will we get the first real trailer and will we get to see an official poster anytime soon?
Aaaah, there he is. The only one from Heroes I didn’ t likex He made it to Star Wars trilogy.! I wonder if he’d get the part with other director filming……
Looks like the official Star Wars Trailer should be released at the Disney Expo August 14, 15 or 16. Found this on Making Star Wars today.
Think he will be revealed as Darth Frito Lay
What happened to all the good Porkins comments?
I guess that was moderated.
Maybe he play a MOG!
His catch phrase is “SNAP BACK” when he shoots back at enemies.