Ray Stevenson Was Thrilled to Join the Star Wars Live-Action Universe: ‘You Pinch Yourself’
thewrap.comdied on Sunday in Italy of undisclosed causes.Back in April at Star Wars Celebration, he shared with TheWrap his physical conditioning to play Baylan Skoll, a Force user who wields an orange lightsaber.
The “Ahsoka” trailer shows Baylan dueling with Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) as well as taking on Rebel Forces.When asked about when he became one with his character physically, the Irish actor replied: “I like to think that characters have a center of gravity.
Some are lower, so they’re more rooted. Others have a higher center of gravity; they’re more nimble.”“[As an actor] You’re working that out initially, and you’re working the faces,” he continued. “There’s a point where your center of gravity comes through.
So the fighting style comes through your stance. I would call [Baylan] a kind of stoic lethality.”Stevenson also told TheWrap about holding a lightsaber for the very first time.“The first time was a costume camera test,” he recalled. “We’re all very nervous and standing in the costume.
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