{"id":219679,"date":"2019-06-21T01:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T05:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219679"},"modified":"2019-06-21T01:17:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T05:17:05","slug":"russell-says-abrams-new-star-wars-script-made-her-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/21\/russell-says-abrams-new-star-wars-script-made-her-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell says Abrams’ new ‘Star Wars’ script made her cry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russell plays a new character named Zorri Bliss. She can’t reveal much about the character except that she loves the costume. (File photo<\/a>: kerirussellactress\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Keri Russell says that when J.J. Abrams sent her his version of the script for \u201cStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,\u201d it overwhelmed her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I read his script that he wrote I cried,\u201d she told The Associated Press in a recent interview. \u201cI mean who knows what it will turn out to be and I hope it remains true to what he originally wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abrams directs the film which is the final chapter in the Skywalker story that started with 1977’s \u201cStar Wars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell says Abrams is the right person to finish the saga because he cares.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s not trying to change it to be something else,\u201d she said. \u201cHe really respects what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell plays a new character named Zorri Bliss. She can’t reveal much about the character except that she loves the costume. She calls the character and her look \u201cbad ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

She recalled Abrams told her she would need to wear a helmet. \u201cI was like, ‘That is my dream job. I can see everyone. No one can see me. Hello. Amazing!\u201d’<\/p>\n

Russell said the original \u201cStar Wars\u201d films are among the first she saw in theatres, so it’s amazing to be part of them now. \u201cI have such memories of Princess Leia and Chewbacca and Han Solo, I have such memories of them\u2014 like everyone does,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, yes, it’s incredible to get to be whatever part I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell and Abrams have a creative history because he co-created her series \u201cFelicity,\u201d for which she won a Golden Globe. She also had a small role in \u201cMission: Impossible III,\u201d which he directed. She is currently starring in the play \u201cBurn This\u201d with Adam Driver on Broadway.<\/p>\n

\u201cStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\u201d is scheduled for release on Dec. 20.<\/p>\n

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