From Felicity to Super 8, Greg
Grunberg has appeared in many of his childhood friend and director J.J. Abrams'
projects, so it didn't come has a surprise to hear that Abrams had asked him to
join the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Entertainment Weekly recently caught
with the actor to talk about the film, and though he played coy regarding his
role, he did reveal that he had some scenes with C-3PO, R2-D2, and Han Solo.
I can’t talk about who I play
or what I did. But just imagine that you get a call from your best friend
saying, “It’s true, I’m doing Star Wars and you can stop
begging me, yes, I want you to be in this movie.” It was an absolute dream
come true. I have been such a fan of all the actors and everything about Star
Wars. … Some people may not have loved some of the movies, but it’s a
whole world you can’t deny how super compelling and awesome it is, and I can’t
believe I’m part of it. Like there were moments when J.J. would yell, ‘Cut’,’ and
then come over to me and go, ‘Are you f–king kidding me? Did that just
happen? Did I just pan from C-3PO to R2-D2 to Han Solo and then to you?’ I
spent seven weeks in London and it was heaven. And it’s crazy cause
usually I’m the first person that J.J. calls to bounce ideas off. This one
is so top secret, and so on lockdown, that all I can do is ask
him, ‘How’s it going?’ and he’s like, ‘Oh, I’m really happy.’ So
I know if he’s happy it’s just gonna be incredible.
However, it seems that being close to
Abrams is not enough to have the secretive director open up his renowned
mystery box.
I can only say that practical
effects are as important—if not more important—than the
special effects. And it’s all about the story and family. I mean that’s what
J.J. is all about. He did it with Star Trek and I’m sure that
played into keeping that the franchise alive. And these new characters, these
actors are unbelievable. They’re so well cast. What I’m gathering from all of
the pieces I’ve seen is it’s everything that a Star Wars junkie
like me wants out of the movie. We got our script pages, only the scenes that
we were in. Not even what was being shot that day! It was all on red paper
so we couldn’t copy it or take a picture of it. And then we had to give
the script pages back at the end of the day. And we didn’t get them the
day before to take them home and learn them—Carrie Fisher and I were talking
about it several times, like, “This is crazy! An actor does not get to prepare
on this movie.” But I think at the end of the day it plays into what J.J. has
always talked about which is that the theater is a mystery box. I know my
scenes. I’m very excited about my scenes. I was really happy with the stuff
that I got to do. But I’m sprinkled throughout the whole movie, in a very small
way. I can’t wait to see the rest of this stuff. I watched the trailer 20
times after it came out.
Grunberg is set to reprise his Matt
Parkman role from Heroes in NBC's upcoming event series, Heroes Reborn.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on
December 2015.
Source - EW
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