Rogue One [Official Info] Riz Ahmed (Bodhi Rook) in Rogue One

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-riz-ahmed-interview/

 

At about the 1:30 mark, there's a new-ish clip from the film.

 

Well now we know it's not an Imperial base they're approaching. So I guess this is unsanctioned mission they're going on for the Rebels. Interesting!

 

Oooohhh...
Thanks for putting that together for me. Even after watching it I was wondering why the imperials were already asking for a call sign if they're just taking off from Yavin.

 

Yeah, it makes a lot more sense to be honest. If you're trying to get past Imperial defenses calling yourself Rogue One probably isn't the best idea.

 

It does make a lot more sense. If you could just make it up on the fly Han and Co. wouldn't have needed to worry about their "older codes" they could have just gone "uh..Jedi and Princess"

 

"If you are really doing this, I want to help" and "We'll need a team" all appear to fit now. Cassian obviously secretly recruits some of the more hardened rebel troops from the ranks for the team.

 

pretty cool to see.

more at the link.
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2016/12/riz-ahmed-talks-rogue-one-defends-star.html

 

Well. Bodhi was a very different character than I thought he would be.

 

Ditto.

 

Bodhi really got the short straw didn't he?

I think the mind reading blob scene was utterly useless, I mean Saw still didn't believe his story after that mind reading thing because he's questioning Jyn as if it's all a ruse?

Doesn't make much sense?

 

I didn't get the point of that scene either- and Bodhi didn't even became mad as he was supposed to... If the point was to show that Saw doesn't trust anyone and is willing to torture people point would've been proven differently. Why there was that scene while so many good scenes were deleted is beyond me.

 

Although his screentime dwindled toward the end I thouht his guy was probably the best acted character in the film. Mikkelsen was probably the most natural, but this guy stood out.

 

Was the guy brainwashed? Did the octopus do it?
I think so but it wasn't clear. Felt bad for him.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOBTT_1gUPZ/?taken-by=rizahmed

 

Bodhi suprised me the most to be honest - I had the preconception (from an earlier interview I think), that the character was going to be the back up comedy relief - "reluctant hero" character instead, in the Jedha scenes, I found him to be uncomfortably close to what we see in certain parts of the world today (the bag over the head, the torture, the incendiary devices) and I was genuinely moved by his quiet gravitas. He obviously has a very deep connection to Galen, given his last words.

 

he's so funny

 

So "Local Boy" means .. he's from Jedha, right? Which would in turn make his discomfort wtih the strip mining of the Kyber from the temples and caves make sense, as well as giving him a bit more impetus for defecting.

 

Nothing major but Riz Ahmed was interviewed by the CBC's Q (kind of a hip entertainment/music radio show) in Canada a few weeks prior to R1's release

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-...ains-how-star-wars-can-unite-us-all-1.3888832

 

Saw's gone crazy. He's clearly on the Colonel Kurtz path. Paranoid, unnecessarily cruel, tired of fighting, at the end of his rope, perhaps drugged, wildly and almost pathetically philosophical. And hardline. Saw doesn't believe Bodhi's story because he can't believe that an Imperial has a conscience. He doesn't want to believe it. In that context, I absolutely loved the blob scene, and found it terrifying. Reminded me of a mind-reading version of the Navigator from Dune (below). The whole sequence was a mashup between Jabba's Palace and Apocalypse Now, and I think it'll go down as a fan favorite in the future. A more than worthy successor to the cantina scene.

 

Bodhi is definitely one of the most unconventional Star Wars characters. I was pretty jarred by his introduction. I can't remember exactly why, but something about it was very disturbing. One of my favorite moments of the entire movie was Bodhi's "This is for you Galen." It was sincere and added a lot to him.

 

It seemed like if you combine Saw's scenes and experience with Cassian's, it gives you the impression that the Rebels were desperate and basically almost going mad. Saw was on the "extreme" side of the rebels. I think his use of the blobby and willingness to torture was just an example of how far he was willing to go, and still feeling paranoid about lies and deceptions, anyway. He had nearly gone mad.

I thought Riz Ahmed did really great with his character. It was an unexpected type of personality. He was visibly nervous, he was defensive, quirky. Cool characterization. Way to go, Riz!

 

Riz Ahmed's performance is my favorite among the humans of the core Rogue One crew, and I might prefer him over Finn as far as Imperial defectors go.

 

Can we give it up for Bodhi? Without him, Rogue One would have been a complete failure. What a hero.

 

That's the best part of R1. Many of the characters had their moment to shine and say their particular action made the difference. Riz did a super job with this character.

About the Mind monster: Perhaps the losing of the mind stems from the state of nothingness it leaves you in. If you just sit in the cell afterwards with no interaction you can lose yourself like what Saw described. It seems Cassian snapped Bhodi out of it so the effects weren't long term.