Oscar Isaac: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Will be Full of Surprises and Twists!
New interviews with Oscar Isaac and Lupita Nyong’o reveal additional information about their characters.
Tele-Loisirs has a new interview with Poe Dameron himself, Oscar Isaac. The interview, while not revealing anything major regarding the plot of force awakens, does give us some great new insight into the tone and motivation of Poe’s character as well as Isaac’s thoughts on working on The Force Awakens. A translation of the interview from the original French is posted below. Due to the translation it can be a bit confusing at times, but you can pretty easily get the idea of what Isaac is trying to say.
Télé-Loisirs: How did you get the role in Star Wars?
Oscar Isaac: I was about to turn a most violent year in New York. I received a call from JJ Abrams office saying he was keen to meet me in Paris. I quickly took a plane to come to France and meet him. Initially, I did not know what was going to offer me JJ character to play. It was especially wonderful adventure of working with him. It is a very open director and tuned with the actors. He was not afraid to change my role a little at my request and change the trajectory of my character. He could have refused and then I would have lost the role.
What can you tell us about the character you will incarnate in Star Wars: Episode VII?
I play the role of Poe Dameron, an X-Wing pilot who is desperate to prove to others but also to himself, he can be a hero. I think this character will appeal to fans because it brings a lot of humor to the film. This new episode of Star Wars is full of surprises and twists. Fans will not be disappointed.
How was the filming?
The first days were difficult for me because I felt like a fraud! (laughs) Getting together to Chewbacca and Harrison Ford … I just felt like being in a dream. Finally, they put me at ease quickly. They saw that I was very impressed. I think we owe this good atmosphere to JJ Abrams. With it, everyone was happy to meet. I was amazed to see how Harrison, known to be a tough leather, put all his heart into this project. There was no cynicism. Everyone was enthusiastic. Turn with Carrie Fisher was also fantastic. It is totally crazy, but it’s one of the funniest people I’ve met. I loved working with her.
What is your best memory from filming?
When I got the part, I immediately called my uncle who is a huge Star Wars fan. It has whole boxes of toys and collectibles from Star Wars. One day, I could take him with me on the set of Star Wars. JJ was so amazed how my uncle was a fan of the saga that has proposed him to play in the movie! (laughs) I thought my uncle was going to have a heart attack. He immediately donned a suit and shown in a scene right behind me. I could see in his eyes that he was experiencing one of the happiest days of his life.
What was the first Star Wars movie you saw?
Return of the Jedi. I was only four or five years. My father took me to the movies and I will never forget that scene where Darth Vader’s helmet was removed and suddenly we can see the face of this old man. This film had a huge impact in my life.
Are you ready for the enthusiasm of fans around the world when the movie?
When I agreed to shoot in this new trilogy, I had not realized all this excitement. When I went to Star Wars Celebration, I felt like being on another planet. It was like a religious experience. It was so crazy to see thousands of people as passionate about this saga I had the impression of being on ecstasy! (laughs) It was at this time that I really understood how “Star Wars” became a cultural phenomenon that goes beyond the races, religions, genders, ages … I will never forget this experience.
You seem completely overwhelmed by your experience of Star Wars. Do you still regret?
My figurine! For the first time, I could recently see the figure to my effigy. This toy is absolutely not like me. I feel totally remote from him when I saw his face and, in addition, I have absolutely nothing touches on sales! (he’s laughing)
In another interview Lupita Nyong’o spoke with Vogue about her “powerful” character, Maz Kanata.
While we tuck into delicious platters of fish, sorbets, and cheeses, Lupita tells me that she has just spent four months filming a CGI character—a pirate named Maz Kanata—for J. J. Abrams’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opening this December. “We needed a powerful actress to play a powerful character,” the director explains to me later. “Lupita was someone I’d known a little and was enormously fond of. More important, her performance in 12 Years a Slave blew my mind, and I was vaguely desperate to work with her.”
Acting a motion-capture character was “really bizarre and lots of fun,” Lupita says. “I really enjoyed the fact that you’re not governed by your physical presence in that kind of work. You can be a dragon. You can be anything.”
Thanks to Cantina member MagnarTheGreat for the finds.
What the hell is going on with the Author? Majority of these statements don’t make sense, how they’re written.
For instance, instead of saying “He or She”, they wrote It’s.”
That happens more than a couple of times.
Did the writer simply copy a Closed Caption of the interview?
I mentioned in the lead in, the interview is translated from French and therefore suffers some grammatical issues.
awesome poe seems like he will be my second favourite character after Finn seen as he will bring the humour, very interesting character as well as he feels he has to prove himself. Oscar Isaac is a great actor so I cant wait to see him in this film
The translation was pretty solid until Oscar’s last question lol.
Filled with much regret he regrettably answered upon those regrets regretfully! He laughed.
=D
“We needed a powerful actress to play a powerful character”
LOL…yeah, she made one film, 12 years a slave, which was pure leftist garbage filled with historical inaccuracies and gross distortions, and now she’s the queen of the universe.
Regardless of how you feel… she was great in the movie. It struck a cord with casting directors and here we are! Not seeing a problem honestly.
Hate, hate. Hate-hate-HATE. Sad.
Life’s tough moron, it’s tougher when you’re a left wing lunatic that sits around all day with two ball bearings in his hands whipering “racists, racists everywhere” under his breath.
You’re right, Ted. They really should’ve shown the compassionate side of slave kidnappers and slave drivers in that movie to appease the idiotic right wing pro Confederate bigots.
There sure are a lot of dumbass lefties on this page that can coem up with nothing more than the old, worn out race card.
Angry man vents rage on a Stars Wars forum lol. Getting angry doesn’t constitute a personality.
Politicize anything possible to preach your narrow minded views! Maybe the Aryan Nation forums would be more up your alley, just a suggestion.
I think you’d find a better forum to spew your whitey hating racisim over on dumbass underground.
No gross distortions. No leftist leanings. No historical inaccuracies. Spare us your talking point bull****. 12 Years A Slave has held up to scrutiny for over 150 years. Its descriptions of life on the plantation matches up with decades-long research regarding plantations. You just happen to be in denial or one of those Stormfront morons who like to portray white Southern slave owners as victims.
I haven’t seen the movie, have you? He may be right.
Oh yes, here we go again with a zero information votin’ know nothing that has to jump and down and scream racist just to be heard over the din of the adults in the room. Take your race card and shove it, you little moonbat loonatic.
Pick another franchise dude. Your gonna make yourself even more miserable hanging out on forums of intelligent conversation. I hear they’re comming out with a Mighty Troglodytey trilogy! I’ll letttem know your comming. THANKS! See ya!!! A.K.A DeFacto
You woouldn’t know intelligent conversation if it punched you in the face and knocked you on your butt.
Somebody’s jealous…..
I have a degree in American History. I can tell you that the film, while not 100% accurate (no film ever made has been), was more accurate than most, and faithfully represented what life was like for many slaves. It was also an excellent film, and Lupita was wonderful in it. I’m glad to have her join the galaxy far, far away. I’ve seen a few of your other posts, and you, sir, are simply a right-wing lunatic racist… and that is coming from someone who leans to the right politically, not a liberal or a leftist. You’re just a jerk.
And you are a left wing no-nothing that has to fall back on the race card to try and get his point accross. Go home and get your shinebox little boy.
Guess the new chat didn’t get rid of all the trolls…
Can’t wait to see what sort of humor Poe brings to TFA. I was relieved when he gave that enthusiastic shout in the 2nd teaser.
I was almost worried Abrams was going to go too dark, intense and serious.
What is supposed to be new here? This is word for word exactly the same as every other interview they have done for the last year.
This is the first time we hear that Isaac’s character is actually a humorous relief in the movie. And I like the sound of those twists and surprises…
Lupita and Oscar are both incredible actors. Both talented and well deserved. I think they earned it. They DID get the phone call.
Great. Hope Poe is the new JJ. I mean, Binks.
Just here waiting for that trailer..Instagram “footage” looked like new trailer was coming..still waiting..waiting..every day I check this site with a glimmer of hope and still no trailer..so I will keep waiting..lol
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Well… spoilers for whatever that movie was lol…
They’ve been very tight with images of Max Kanata. This is a character that I’m interested in.
My only worry is his use of the term “wants to be a hero”. I really hope there’s more to his character than “I’m your biggest fan”.
“Full of twists and turns” sounds exciting. I wonder what Isaac is referring to specifically though. I also wonder what role Maz Kanata will play in the bigger picture. Is she supposed to be Force sensitive ?
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