Hi, everyone.
Welcome back to the Oh My Disney Show.
I am here with Kelly Marie Tran.
Hey, guys.
[droid language]
And BB-8.
[droid language]
And we're about to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
[music]
Okay, so this beginning, and the scroll, and the music
gets me every single time.
What was it like when you heard this music and knew that you were in the film?
I actually watched The Force Awakens in theaters by myself,
knowing that I was going to be in The Last Jedi,
and hearing that music, and seeing that scroll, and just knowing how iconic it is,
and how historic these films are, I cried.
I cried.
Yeah, it's crazy.
What was it like when you found--
the moment you found out that you were cast as Rose?
When Rian told me, he told me in person,
I was on my lunch break from my day job.
[laughs]
And it was such a-- It was truly a bizarre experience.
I was just-- I don't think I answered for a minute.
I was just staring at the floor.
And then he goes, do you want this?
And it was a really funny, weird moment.
And then what did you do right after that?
I had to go back to my office job.
And you couldn't tell anyone.
No, I couldn't.
-No, I couldn't. -Wow.
Yeah.
And that was two years before the film came out.
Yeah, so that was right--
It was in November right before Force Awakens came out.
Yeah.
What was it like, your very first day on set?
Surreal.
I remember...
I remember feeling as if I was about to play the Super Bowl
because I remember telling myself, just concentrate, just don't get distracted,
just concentrate.
And then I'd go on set and then they'd be like,
whoa, that's R2-D2.
Whoa, like, there's C-3PO.
The hardest thing about working on a movie like this
is that you kind of have to put all of that aside
to do the work of it, right?
And then in between takes you're just like,
whoa, we're on the Falcon.
-Or whatever it is. Yeah. -Right.
[droid language]
Happy beeps here, buddy. Come on.
Okay BB-8, Poe mentions happy beeps in this scene.
Can you give me an example of a happy beep?
[droid language]
That feels very happy to me.
[droid language]
[music]
[ticking]
Nix!
Paige, drop the payload now!
[music]
Veronica Ngo.
Where you able to meet her in real life and talk about your characters?
Yes, we actually spent a lot of time together
because she was in London for about three months.
So we became close really quickly purely because she's--
first of all she's an amazing human and very talented actress,
but also because we have a shared history within our families.
We're both Vietnamese and we just connected immediately.
And we still text all the time.
Love that.
Yeah, she's just an amazing person.
[porg language]
[growl]
[screams]
Tell me how you feel about the porgs?
Well, I'm neutral.
[laughing]
-No, I'm so pro-porg. -Yeah.
I've loved them from the beginning.
I remember seeing them at their inception.
I feathered them in the creatures department.
-You did? -Mmm hmm.
Oh, what a gift.
Yeah, I love them.
Look at that face.
That is so cute.
Look at this face.
Oh.
[music]
[crying]
[music]
So this is the very first time we see Rose Tico.
What did you do to prepare for this emotional scene?
I was pretty much in that emotional place for the whole day.
I think that we were-- we were shooting this scene for hours.
And so, I know personally as an actor, every actor is different,
but for me, I have to stay in that place if I'm going to be that emotional.
So I would cry during the scenes and then I would leave
and continue to cry when I was wherever I was.
Just hiding in like little places on set.
I remember the next day, I woke up and had these horrible blotchy eyes.
And I felt like I had been broken up with or something.
It was such a weird experience.
You know?
But it was wonderful.
And to work with John and to work with Rian,
and make that happen, was really magical.
What was Rian like as a director?
What kind of direction did he give you for this scene?
There was a moment, shooting that first scene,
when the camera was seriously this close to my face
and I'm just balling.
And it's really sharing a part of yourself that...
that in real life you don't want share with a lot of people.
And Rian made it feel like a really creative space where I could get there
and be personal about it.
And I felt very protected.
When you do a take that's really good you can kind of hear his little like, [giggle].
Like, he does this little laugh.
I mean, it's the coolest-- It's just like the most satisfying sound.
And what was it like working with John in those scenes?
Oh, I love him so much.
I can't think of anyone better to have had as a partner
throughout this experience.
Especially because, you know,
he had just kind of gone through what I had gone through for this movie,
but on Force Awakens.
And he was just... first of all, such a great actor,
and so charismatic, and funny.
And also as a human, just a really supportive person.
And we instantly hit it off.
And hopefully, you can see that.
All right, you guys, shut down that tracker.
I'll be here to jump us to lightspeed.
How do you feel about Oscar Isaac?
I love him so much.
He's someone who's career I was following
way before I knew about him being in Star Wars.
I think he's just incredible.
And I can also confirm that he is really nice and as charming in person.
BB-8, what was it like working with Oscar Isaac in this scene?
[droid language]
[laughing] Yeah.
Yeah.
We're not talking about picking pockets, okay?
Oh, yeah.
Don't let the wrapper fool you, friend.
Okay, tell me about working with Benicio.
Sean and I, between takes,
would just turn to each other and be like, legend.
Because it's true, he's such a legend.
He's also someone, like Oscar,
who I looked up to far before I knew he was going to be in this film.
This was my first movie and he had worked so much before
and so he gave really good applicable advice about his process.
Yeah, man.
[spitting coins]
[droid language]
[laughing]
[music]
[grunting]
How did you film this scene riding on the fathiers?
Okay, so picture this: production wraps,
two more weeks of shooting, just me and John Boyega,
on this like mechanical, didn't have a head,
kind of like mechanical bull, for two weeks.
Yeah.
-It was really fun. I had a great time. -Two weeks.
What was it like when you saw the completed scene?
Unreal.
It's still really unreal to me.
There's so much work that goes into movies like this.
As an audience member, maybe not being involved in the industry,
you might not know how many months and years of pre-production
goes into the sets, goes into the costumes, goes into the creatures,
goes into the visual effects afterwards, the sound.
Everything is such a group effort, and that to me,
I think is the most overwhelming and wonderful thing about being in this world,
is that this film is thousands of people working together.
Do you have something, a towel or something you can put on?
How do you feel about Kylo Ren and Rey?
Reylo?
Reylo, yes.
[laughing]
Are you shipping them?
I really, really like what Rian has done with these characters,
in terms of their relationship.
And the idea that they're two sort of lone figures
on obviously opposite sides,
but they are kind of going through this parallel experience.
It seems like a very lonely thing
to have this sort of power that you might not understand,
that no one else really has, at least in the same like, age space.
So I love what he's done with them.
And Kylo shirtless was, aw.
Hold your fire!
Finn?
Rose, you're not dead.
Where's my droid?
[mechanical sounds]
Oh, buddy.
I'm so glad to see you.
[droid language]
Being in this scene with Finn,
being in this scene with all of these iconic Star Wars characters,
how does it feel to know that you're apart of these characters
that will live on forever in this universe that is so important to so many people?
Insane.
It feels like both a responsibility and an honor at the same time.
Part of me is like, oh, I don't want to take this seriously.
I just want to have fun.
But the other part of me is like, this is a huge thing
and it should be taken with a lot of thought.
And just knowing that you have... really a responsibility to not just this film,
but to the ones before and the ones that will come.
[music]
Kelly Marie Tran.
BB-8.
Thank you so much for watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi with me.
It was amazing.
Thanks for having us.
We had a great time.
Yeah.
Right?
[droid language]
[laughing]
I have one last thing to say to both of you, "May the Force be with you."
[droid language]
Thanks for watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi with us.
You can bring it home on Blu-ray and 4K UHD on March 27.
Whoo!