EW recently caught
up with Girls star, Adam Driver who without giving too much away talked about
starring in an iconic and world-known franchise, what he liked about it, the
original trilogy, and more.
First, Driver
revealed what it's like doing Star Wars.
“Doing Star Wars now—that’s surreal. I feel like that
even with this cast. You start by try[ing] to stamp [that feeling] down as much
as possible, just focus on what it is that you are there to do… Easier said
than done.”
Driver also revealed what he enjoys about Star Wars.
"The thing about Star Wars that’s
so good—sure there’s this huge [canvas]. It’s space, it’s a long time ago in a
galaxy far away. That’s set up immediately. But in the midst of all those
things, what has made those movies last so long is that they’re all grounded,
which is something that is not so far off from every movie with huge universal
themes of siblings and parents and betrayal and trust. That’s so generic and
obvious, but it’s hard to balance those things.
When you break all of those things down, really it’s just because someone wasn’t loved enough or felt betrayed. That’s what makes those movies so universal. I think they can get in your mind in big and sweeping ways."
The actor then talked about the original trilogy, and its quiet moments.
"I always think back to the original movies and
to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there
are the two suns setting, and it’s just such a quiet moment. It is the
equivalent, basically, of a farm boy dying to get out of his small town and do
something bigger. It’s those kinds of universal themes that ground this whole
thing in space."Driver also talks about the humanity in Episode VII, and friendship in the OT.
"How great is that to get to work on something
that has so much humanity in the midst of it? I feel like that’s everyone’s
goal, to balance those two. Again, surreal seems to be the word of this
interview. It’s exciting to get that to be part of your life. Now you have to
contribute something to it—and that’s not something you, personally, or anyone
on set takes lightly. I feel like everybody wants to make it good.
Friendship, I feel, is something that maybe isn’t investigated as much—or maybe I’m not watching those movies. It was such a huge part of the original three. “I’m going to go save my friend.” Everyone was going to go bail their friends out. “I can’t do this because my friends, everything is at stake because of my friends. I gotta go back. … Yoda, I gotta leave, whatever… I gotta leave. [Laughs]"
As for whether or not George Lucas was on set.
"I haven’t seen him. I don’t know."
Opening on December 18th, 2015, Star Wars: Episode VII
stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew,
Kenny Baker, Lupita Nyong'o, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar
Isaac, Andy Serkis, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow,
Crystal Clarke, and Pip Anderson.
Source - EW
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