Daniel Craig remembers The Force Awakens: “I wouldn’t have asked to be in them if I wasn’t a fan.”

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It’s been known for many years that Daniel Craig played the Mind-tricked First Order Trooper in The Force Awakens, but it’s never anything less than grin-inducing when he brings it up in conversation as he did here promoting Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

“I love [Star Wars], of course I do. I wouldn’t have asked to be in them if I wasn’t a fan.

“Ben Dixon, who’s an AD [Assistant Director] on the movie who AD’d our movies, I was on Pinewood because I was doing fittings. I just said, ‘Could I get a part in this?’ And he went, ‘Yeah.’ [Laughs]’

“Next day, I’m in a f****** suit. These things, they do not fit. All I remember is I had to wear this suit all day and I couldn’t feel my hands at the end of the day. And I thought, ‘God, these poor people have to wear them in the desert.’ Kudos to these people.”

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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It’s been known for many years that Daniel Craig played the Mind-tricked First Order Trooper in The Force Awakens, but it’s never anything less than grin-inducing when he brings it up in conversation as he did here promoting Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

“I love [Star Wars], of course I do. I wouldn’t have asked to be in them if I wasn’t a fan.

“Ben Dixon, who’s an AD [Assistant Director] on the movie who AD’d our movies, I was on Pinewood because I was doing fittings. I just said, ‘Could I get a part in this?’ And he went, ‘Yeah.’ [Laughs]’

“Next day, I’m in a f****** suit. These things, they do not fit. All I remember is I had to wear this suit all day and I couldn’t feel my hands at the end of the day. And I thought, ‘God, these poor people have to wear them in the desert.’ Kudos to these people.”

g

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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