With Star Wars: The Last Jedi on the horizon, many are excited to see the return of the new characters introduced in The Force Awakens. One of the new characters introduced was the ruthless General Hux, played by Domhnall Gleeson, and during an interview promoting his new film American Made, Gleeson discussed his reaction to reading the script for the first time and the conversation he had with writer/director Rian Johnson afterwards.
"When I read it I needed to talk to him, and I think that's always a good sign. I was like, 'Wow there's some stuff there which is kind of - not scary but different to what I expected,' and that's a really, really nice thing. I think that's a really positive thing, I think it's important for those films that we don't repeat ourselves. So I just wanted to talk to him, and when I talked to him he was so clear and so confident, not in a brash way but he knew the film he wanted to make, and it was a really lovely thing. Just to sit down with a filmmaker you really enjoy... but to see him, just the confidence of it and his excitement about what it could be and everything, it was really pleasing to see. Very calming. And I got really excited about being in it, and it was a really very, very cool experience working with him. I would love to work with him again, I really enjoyed it."
Gleeson also talked about his excitement of seeing the finished product with the rest of the audience.
"I'm just really interested to see the film now, as well. You never know what something's gonna be like. Even when you read the script, you don't know what the tone of something is gonna be. You can guess at it, but I can't wait to see it. I just wanna sit in a room full of people and watch that movie and see what it does to us."
And in regards to the recent (and polarizing) announcement that The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams would be returning to finish the sequel trilogy that he started, Gleeson shared his thoughts on that while also revealing that he's not sure whether or not he'll be sticking around after The Last Jedi.
"I found out like two seconds before, but nothing's revealed about which, if any of us, are in Episode IX or not. I think it's really cool that he's doing it, and I'm interested to see how he approaches it because he's a superb filmmaker. And it's closing out - they're doing it in trilogies aren't they?... See that's really cool, J.J. will do a fantastic job."
So what do you think? Are you excited for The Last Jedi? Are you excited for Episode IX? Do you hope General Hux sticks around for the whole trilogy? Sound off down below!
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