There’s one thing virtually traditional and literary about your pirate character. For you, was this like getting into The Depend of Monte Cristo? Or Treasure Island?
Yeah, undoubtedly. And people themes are there within the kind of piratical tone of the entire piece. For this reason Star Wars is such a singular universe. You may layer all of these influences, and it by some means manages to maintain it. You take a look at the completely different varieties which have been [in Star Wars], the ideas which have been utilized, and it simply by some means all the time manages to soak up them and say, “Yeah, this holds.” That’s as a result of, I feel, in essence, it’s bought this kind of fable at its coronary heart, this purity. And, after all, the aesthetic is so strong. It’s an aesthetic that all of us acknowledge and all of us love and nerd out on. However once more, it might probably maintain lots.
How a lot of Jude is in Jod?
I used to be taken by this concept of him being a distinct particular person to completely different individuals. He’s a survivor in a really determined world, and he’s good at it. He’s quick-witted, and that leaves lots to play with. However I all the time do that factor of going again and writing my very own backstory. The place did he come from? Who’s he? Simply to offer the character a way of authenticity in my thoughts. So, I stuffed all of these blanks in and gave them to Jon and Chris, and so they had been like, “Yep, that matches.” After which, as we progressed, I bought extra assured in his pores and skin. It was extra a case of simply nudging it slightly additional right here and there. I feel we had been all on the identical web page fairly shortly. It was great; he was filled with such potential.
Can we belief this man?
Which of his names are actual? I can’t say. Not but.
