Brian Vernel Talks His Bala-Tik Character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Brian Vernel talks about meeting Harrison Ford and his thoughts about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The actor played Bala-Tik, a human negotiator for the feared Guavian Death Gang, who were in pursuit of Han Solo and Chewbacca because of an unpaid debt. Read on for more.
“Tell that to Kanjiklub” -Bala-Tik/ Star Wars: The Force Awakens
One of the coolest characters in The Force Awakens was the character Bala-Tik, played by Brian Vernel. The Scottish born actor caught attention from the fans when he issued a death threat to Han Solo in a Glaswegian accent as he and his renegade Guavian Death Gang laid siege on the heroes.
In a new interview, the actor spoke about meeting Harrison Ford and shared his thoughts about Star Wars” The Force Awakens.
Check out the Brian Vernel Interview here:
Source: Red Carpet News TV
Mark Ellis’ tiwn speaks out
alright mark ellis
There is too much resemblance between the two! Mark Ellis forever!
Does he live on Harloff Minor?
His roommate is Darth Harloff.
I’m afraid you got this actor’s name incorrect. It’s *Mark Ellis*.
Thank you sir for giving us one of the most memorable lines in Star Wars lol
It’s already iconic, lol. Collider Jedi Council is partially thankful for that.
“Haaaaan Soooo-lo….yeh’re a deed mon!”
Great, so now I’m gonna wander the house the rest of the evening thinking of this guy insulting the size of Han’s heed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqycJpRdVaY
Actually, first time I saw the movie, I thought it was Topher Grace.
Holy crap, the resemblance is uncanny.
The first time I saw it, I thought it was Daniel Radcliffe.
Really? Mmmm…I could see that.
Someday, robot chicken will recreate this iconic scene.. with bagpipes! xD
https://youtu.be/PSH0eRKq1lE
Hearing a Scottish accent in Star Wars just feels wrong in some way. It grates every time I hear it, and I’m Scottish.
The Kiwi accents in the prequels were also a little hard to handle.
Initially I found the harshness of the Glaswegian accent a little jarring, but it grew on me. Ended up really liking it. Hoping there will be more Scottish actors to feature in later movies to carry on the fine lineage of McGregor, McDiarmid, Lawson, Sheard, McCrindle, and Park.
I’m a Fifer by the way.
You can hear McDiarmid’s accent slip a few times in Jedi and other films too.
I honestly thought Bala Tik was Mark Ellis from Collider Jedi Council when I first saw TFA. I was like…WHOA Mark2D2 reaaaally knew how to keep a secret from all of us.
Yeah, same here, no joke. Call me stupid but I honestly thought Mark Ellis was Bala. They look so alike. haha.
Miscast, It’s cool that they are finally including Scot accents in the saga but this guy in no way at all in any shape, way, or form looks like a tough as nails intergalactic gangster.
Tell that to Kanjiklub..
That’s why it works. Those contradictions is why SW is cool.
If Jar-Jar can be a General, and Threepio a golden god, and Ewoks defeat stormtroopers, and an immobile slug can be a mob boss…then this guy can be an errand boy.
Yeah but those are aliens and droids which don’t exist in the real world as of yet.
And the article starts out by stating, ” one of the coolest characters ” Lol !!!! Lol !!!!!! And really ? Lol,!!!!
He looks like he has the Zika.
Okay, I still don’t get this – why were they trying to collect on money they loaned to Han to go capture and sell rathtars…while he was on his way to deliver and sell rathtars? I mean, wasn’t what he was in the middle of doing exactly what they had arranged with him to do?
He missed his deadline because he was looking for the Falcon. It’s not like they loaned him 50,000 and said “pay us back whenever you get around it to”.
He was actually a total of 100,000 credits in the hole. And LATE on paying either side back.
That’s silly…everyone knows Mark Ellis is Kanjiklub….