Jodie Comer talks playing Rey’s mother in The Rise of Skywalker

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For one of the worlds most high-profile actresses, the sight of Jodie Comer in The Rise of Skywalker was a very welcome one indeed, and the actress discussed that brief but impactful appearance with Entertainment Weekly.

“It was spectacular, but I had to keep that a secret for a long, long, long time.”

Revealing she spent just a day filming The Rise of Skywalker and describing her brief role as “the most peculiar, incredible experience”, the Free Guy actress said she was surprised by the great attention to detail on-set, having expected heavier use of green screens and visual effects.

“Hearing the detail that goes into the makeup and the costumes, it was so eye-opening. Speaking about green screen and visual effects, when I got Star Wars, I was like, ‘They’ll probably be a lot that I don’t see.’ But these kind of figures, their mouths move and they were remote-controlled and there was so much there that you didn’t have to imagine.”

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it 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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For one of the worlds most high-profile actresses, the sight of Jodie Comer in The Rise of Skywalker was a very welcome one indeed, and the actress discussed that brief but impactful appearance with Entertainment Weekly.

“It was spectacular, but I had to keep that a secret for a long, long, long time.”

Revealing she spent just a day filming The Rise of Skywalker and describing her brief role as “the most peculiar, incredible experience”, the Free Guy actress said she was surprised by the great attention to detail on-set, having expected heavier use of green screens and visual effects.

“Hearing the detail that goes into the makeup and the costumes, it was so eye-opening. Speaking about green screen and visual effects, when I got Star Wars, I was like, ‘They’ll probably be a lot that I don’t see.’ But these kind of figures, their mouths move and they were remote-controlled and there was so much there that you didn’t have to imagine.”

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it 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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