Among the many fascinating elements of The Last Jedi, uppermost in people’s minds must be the Force powered exchanges between Rey and Kylo Ren. Speaking to People.com, director Rian Johnson explained how the two actors in question, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver, made those intimate scenes sparkle.
“For those force connections, I needed them to talk. And I thought that the hardest thing that Rey could possibly be faced with is being forced to talk to this person that she completely despises. And also the audience, we hate him coming into it. She had to be our proxy and so that’s why in those first few conversations, she is just spitting in his face.”
“Every single time we shot one of their sides, the other person was off camera. Even to the point where Adam flew to Ireland just to be off camera for Daisy’s stuff, which was essential because they’re such intimate conversations. And that also meant we had to shoot each of those scenes twice basically, which meant the rehearsal time was really important. And my editor Bob Ducsay did an amazing job then of making it feel kind of seamless after the fact.”
