Gwendoline Christie confirms Captain Phasma return in Star Wars: Episode VIII
British actor hopes mainstream success of Star Wars: The Force
Awakens will encourage more women to audition for parts originally
written for men
Captain fantastic ... Gwendoline Christie with fellow cast members Oscar
Isaac and John Boyega at Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ world premiere
in Los Angeles on 14 December.
Gwendoline Christie has confirmed she will return to the role of
imposing villain Captain Phasma in the forthcoming sequel to box-office
record-breaker Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Speaking to People magazine at the Screen Actors Guild awards on 30 January,
Christie also said she hoped her achievement in winning the part of a
character originally written for a man would encourage greater diversity
in Hollywood.
“I will be in the next Star Wars movie. I think that’s an exclusive,
actually,” she said. “I was very overexcited. I made no secret of the
fact that I really campaigned for the part for a long time. And then I
was delighted when JJ Abrams wanted to have me in the film and then wanted to cast me in this role that had originally been designed for a man.”
Christie, 37, added: “I thought the costume was incredibly striking. I
also just liked this notion of a female stormtrooper. I felt it
encouraged diversity and it was doing something new and it was an
interesting bit of casting for women, and I hope that in something that
was such a mainstream success it would breed more of those kind of
opportunities for other women.”
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