These are the actors you’re looking for…
We’ve already brought you the very exciting news about the
upcoming Irish Star Wars auditions taking place in Dublin on November 23rd and 24th , but check out how the open casting call is working out in Chicago in the clip below.
The staggering number of people in the queue to enter the Windy City’s Park West theatre is huge. There’s gotta be like, what, four billion people there at least. Give or take.
The two lads filming, who clearly don’t want a shot at the big time to become Star Wars stars themselves, drive around the Chicago line with a pretty inane commentary so JOE's advice is to watch it on mute. It’s Han SOLO you berts, never Han YOLO. Ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-1ttbANUQ&feature=c4-feed-u&app=desktop
Even more excitedly than a video of people standing in a line, however, is the first behind the scenes image that
Bad Robot, J. J. Abrams’ production company, tweeted this morning, which shows the bespectacled Star Wars director with a certain familiar fan favourite...
No you silly Bantha, we’re not talking about esteemed President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy. It’s the greatest Star Wars hero of them all, R2-D2 of course...
Needs more lens flare though, right J. J.?
Roll on
December 18th, 2015...
