UPDATE! Star Wars: Rogue One – Mads Mikkelsen Says Reshoots Were Nearly Done Around Celebration.

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The Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reshoots have been something of a hot topic among the fans due to an assortment of rumors that came with them. When asked about his involvement in the movie, Mads Mikkelsen had informed an outlet that they were close to wrapping right around the time that Star Wars Celebration Anaheim happened.

 

UPDATE: The article written by Digital Spy was actually composed a few weeks ago, meaning that. The wording of this article has been updated to reflect that. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

From Digital Spy:

Digital Spy: Have you been involved in the reshoots on Rogue One?

Mads Mikkelsen: Yes I have, and they will be done soon I guess, so yes in a few days.

 

DS: Did that mess up your schedule at all, since you presumably weren’t expecting them?

Mikkelsen: No, it’s kind of normal. In all the big-production films I’ve done so far, they have always called me back for little reshoots, it might be something that they want to change, the way we did it was wrong, or it might be something that they wanted to add so it’s kind of a normal process on big films, they’re covering all their bases.

 

DS: Were you a fan of the Star Wars movies when you were younger?

Mikkelsen: I am now, but no, I did not grow up with it, I grew up with Bruce Lee and stuff like that. I never watched the Star Wars films and I never watched the James Bond films, so I caught up on that later in my life, and what a treat I was in for.

 

DS: How was working with Gareth Edwards on Rogue One?

Mikkelsen: Wonderful, he made it quite easy for us to feel like we are in a real film in a real situation and forgetting about all the circumstances, all the monsters, all the spaceships, all the planets, so he was a real actors’ man for us.

 

It had previously been reported that the movie would take anywhere between four and eight weeks to film the reshoots when taking the cast’s schedules into account; it appears as though the amount of time allocated to the reshoots were a bit closer to the smaller end of the estimate. Nonetheless, that’s still more than enough time to integrate the revised shots into what will become the final cut.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

31 thoughts on “UPDATE! Star Wars: Rogue One – Mads Mikkelsen Says Reshoots Were Nearly Done Around Celebration.

  • July 28, 2016 at 10:09 am
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    I know everyone’s been downplaying it, but dang, two months of reshoots is a lot.

    One source I trust (works at Pinewood) says they used more sets for the reshoots than they did for principle photography.

    • July 28, 2016 at 2:13 pm
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      No

      • July 28, 2016 at 3:07 pm
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        My question is where “two months” came from. I heard 2 or 3 weeks.

        • July 28, 2016 at 3:31 pm
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          The re-shootings started 2 months ago and are nearly done. I let you draw the conclusion

          • July 28, 2016 at 4:25 pm
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            Entertainment weekly is a Disney propaganda outlet, you might as well get your news on SW twitter account

          • July 28, 2016 at 5:04 pm
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            Well I guess I can trust you more then.

          • July 28, 2016 at 5:06 pm
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            This article with Mads is over 2 weeks old. It gels with what they said in June, 4 to 5 weeks.

          • July 28, 2016 at 8:51 pm
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            And you’re a hardcore, semi-unreasonable Disney hater. Neither of you is a really helpful source.

    • July 28, 2016 at 3:04 pm
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      Where was it said two months? I heard a few weeks tops.

      • July 28, 2016 at 5:42 pm
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        The article above suggests close to eight weeks. (Although judging by the timing of the article, maybe 5 or 6 is more accurate.)

        • July 28, 2016 at 9:05 pm
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          It was said to start sometime in June and end by Celebration. EW said 4 to 5 weeks. A full SW movie usually takes about 5 months. For example EP8 started filming in Mid Feb and Finished July 22.

    • July 28, 2016 at 9:33 pm
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      It is closer to 4-5 weeks. I didn’t notice the date when I reported this, so the error is on me. Sorry.

      – Pomojema

    • July 29, 2016 at 6:45 am
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      Schedules are part of it. all the principal actors have to take breaks from other projects (and film promotion) to shoot new takes or small cuts. A grimace might have felt good until editing when a grin would play better emotionally. it’s not two months with the full cast. It’s Mad for a couple days, etc.

  • July 28, 2016 at 10:16 am
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    If the reshoots add more banthas, it was all worth the effort.

    • July 28, 2016 at 2:38 pm
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      I am always voting for more depth in the back story of Salacious B. Crumb. Then it is worth the extra re-shoots. Disney was right.

    • July 29, 2016 at 4:48 am
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      They might as well add a bantha or two… It’s one of the few things they haven’t yet ‘borrowed’ from the OT.

      • July 31, 2016 at 1:00 am
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        I know, right?

        They should start taking all that horrendous bad Lucas crammed into the PT and bring some of that into the new films.

  • July 28, 2016 at 12:05 pm
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    I think reshoots are always a good thing because they are essentially polishing up the shots for the final film. Principle Photography is like the first draft of filming. Then they go over what they have and choose what they like and don’t like, then they go back and make those shots better with reshoots and pick-ups. If they didn’t have reshoots they’d have to get everything perfect in the principle photography stage and any normal person knows that’s pretty much impossible for a big studio film. Maybe if you were an Indie film and didn’t have a budget to go back and do pick-ups or reshoots you’d be forced to get it all in the principle photography stage.

    If the rumor about 40% of the film needing to be reshot ends up being true, then Lucasfilm really didn’t have much confidence in Gareth Edward’s ability to direct the movie. They most likely just went with him because they liked his style of filming for Rogue One. I like the guy, but I’ve heard it mentioned that he doesn’t know how to block a scene very well, if at all.

    • July 28, 2016 at 3:08 pm
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      Isn’t that why you have other people that do that, directors of photography, cinematographer’s etc.

    • July 29, 2016 at 12:10 am
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      The 40% rumor is such bull, haha.

      • July 30, 2016 at 8:23 pm
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        If it were true, they’d need probably need 8 to 10 weeks of reshoots.

  • July 28, 2016 at 4:00 pm
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    Good news folks… the article is from just over two weeks ago… so lets adjust our maths a wee bit 🙂 Still an interesting read though to get his take on Star Wars etc.

    • July 28, 2016 at 4:01 pm
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      EW said 4 to 5 weeks of reshoots starting sometime in June and ending at SW Celebration

      • July 28, 2016 at 4:05 pm
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        Spot on — this all tallies up nicely 🙂 Article is from 13th, Celebration 15th.

        • August 1, 2016 at 1:30 pm
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          So they mean Celebration Europe, not Anaheim then, yes?

    • July 28, 2016 at 9:31 pm
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      Didn’t catch that the first time around. I fixed the article to reflect that, complete with disclosure. Sorry for the inconvenience, guys!

      – Pomojema

  • July 28, 2016 at 8:37 pm
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    I just want these folks to release the Celebration Trailer !

    • July 28, 2016 at 9:34 pm
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      It’ll probably happen around the time of a big sports game or something. The trailer itself was only a minute long, basically making it an extended TV spot.

      – Pomojema

      • July 29, 2016 at 3:08 am
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        It was so insubstantial that they will release a better trailer later.

  • July 30, 2016 at 2:53 am
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    When are they going to give us the actual trailer?
    Just because some of us couldn’t afford to go to the celebration doesn’t mean that we aren’t just as excited .

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