As previously
rumored, Academy Award Winner Lupita Nyong'o has been cast in an unknown role
in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII.
Actress Gwendoline
Christie from Game of Thrones, who recently joined the cast of The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2, has also joined the cast.
Lupita
Nyong'o joins the recently announced cast of Star
Wars: Episode VII. This year, her breakthrough performance in 12 Years a Slave earned her an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress.
Gwendoline Christie,
currently starring in the hit television series Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth, has also been
cast in the production. She can next be seen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -
Part 2.
"I could not be
more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII,"
says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. "It's thrilling to see this
extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape."
Actors John Boyega,
Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max
von Sydow will join the original stars of the Saga Harrison Ford, Carrie
Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new
film.
Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a
screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, Abrams, and Bryan
Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens
worldwide on December 18, 2015. - via Star Wars
The two
actresses will join Mark Hamill,
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, John
Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson,
and Max von Sydow.
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