ST Laura Dern (Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo) in TLJ

The party on Canto Bight seems to be an amalgamation of the Mos Eisley Catina/Jabba's Palace/Maz's Castle type of weird alien gallery and the something like the opera scene from Revenge of the Sith. Holdo's outfit in the BTS video looks like something I could see one of the extras wearing in this scene:

 

Laura Dern was on Colbert's show tonight, and she said Rian Johnson embarrassed her a few days ago when he told a story. When going through dailies, he noticed she was making pew-pew-pew blaster noises when Holdo was operating her blaster. They've taken that sound out, or so she has been told.

 

It's not that hard to expect that since she has played bad girls before.

 

That's stretching the definition of "babyface" way beyond its limits.

 

man. i hate commenting on appearance. but i love the holdo look.

if only she had carnivorous plants in her office. she shares information about them and what they eat and perhaps even strokes one adoringly, but the plants make most visitors to her office strangely uncomfortable.

 

Laura with Oscar
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXgatGQgLY7/?taken-by=lauradern

 

Ah, the "Star Wars actor makes silly noises inadvertently" story has been dusted off for the seven hundredth time. Guarantee it never happened

 

I believe that in training Ewan once did it, and then was jokily told that they add the sound in. I don't believe that an actor on set filming has ever accidentally gone "pew pew" or done lightsaber noises. But that's just me being a miserable old git, it's a decent made up story to make filming sound fun

 

I don't see why it's so implausible. Seems like a very common instinct when firing a fake laser gun or waving a fake laser sword.

Sure, it's possible that LFL instructs actors that a great way of deflecting questions/ avoiding accidentally revealing spoilers, or if they can't think of something to say, is to use this boilerplate story. But I don't think so. I think it's just something actors do. At least once. Either by accident or in jest.

 

Well, that may have to do with these sounds being far more iconic and culturally ingrained than those of other sci-fi or fantasy films...

 

What sounds from other franchises are more broadly recognized?

 

I certainly think that's a plausible scenario. But IMO it's just as plausible that a lot of actors actually do that. Just don't see any substantiated reason to assume actors are fibbing. Innocent until proven guilty.

 

I've been on plenty of film sets where actors catch themselves doing it once or twice. Usually in rehursals or the first take.

 

It's not fitting with the dress code so they would not be allowed in. Black and White only.

 

Wow, Oscar's looking a bit gray.

 

He wears it very well

 

Rian Johnson: “The secrecy does have a purpose in that part of the fun with Laura’s character, with Admiral Holdo, is figuring out what her relationship is to everybody as you go along through the movie.” “I don’t want to tip the hat too much, but I will say that the heat is immediately turned up on the Resistance. Everybody is put in a pressure cooker right away, and relationships crack and strain under that pressure. That was really interesting to me, the notion of putting this small army under a lot of external pressure and showing some of the results within the Resistance itself.” (August 10, 2017)

 

It's odd that they make him cover it up in the ST. But I suppose his character is supposed to be younger.

 

wait, Haldo meets R2???