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While much of the attention of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy went to its three leading actors, not to mention its veteran returnees, some of the smaller parts were pushed to the background.
Among those was Domhnall Gleeson’s General Hux, the First Order military commander who serves as the right-hand of the First Order’s Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) and was second in authority only to Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).
After serving as a minor antagonist in the two previous films, the character was abruptly killed off in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” though not before becoming a turncoat for the Resistance as he sought to undermine his rivals like Kylo Ren and later Allegiant General Pryde (Richard E. Grant), who is the one who ultimately kills him.
In a recent interview with Slashfilm while out promoting his new film “The Incomer,” Gleeson spoke about his death scene and made it clear that he was sad to see his time in the franchise end:
“Devastating. Absolutely devastating. I wanted to be in that more and they killed me off. But they had to. And actually, if you’re going to die, having Richard E. Grant be the one who blasts you across a black corridor, that’s pretty cool. Yes, I was happy it was Richard who did it, but I was sad to go.”
He also says he wasn’t heavily involved in the death scene; rather he left that up to his stunt double:
“They pulled me back on some of it and I had to do a fall back, but the big drag back was a stunt performer who did a great job. And so it’s similarly on … I think it was in ‘The Last Jedi,’ we had a great stunt performer who face planted for one of them. And I thought they did an amazing, amazing job. No. No, when the stunt [performers] are that amazing, I’m more than happy to hand it over.”
Though “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” earned over $1 billion, it was the lowest-grossing of the sequel trilogy and had a net budget of approximately $490.2 million, along with being the third most-expensive film ever made.
Gleeson’s “The Incomer” hits cinemas on September 25th.
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