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Ahmed took the ‘Star Wars’ job thinking he would play someone else
Which paths through the galaxywerenttaken?
(Its out on Blu-ray April 4.)
But in the original drafts of the story he didnt even exist.
Ahmed took the job thinking he would play someone else.
He was actually anImperialengineer who had been kidnapped and kind of had Stockholm Syndrome.
Before that evolution in the story, the Rebels crash-landed amid the electrical storms of Gerreras moon.
Saw has modified his ships to survive in that environment but nothing else can land.
The name change was symbolic, Ahmed says.
Bodhi means awakening, Ahmed says.
Hes a character who goes through kind of an enlightenment.
With Riz, we needed a person that was stuck in this life with the bad guys.
He had gotten there by accident and the only way he could survive was to play along.
Deep down he had guilt.
He wasnt brave at the start but found bravery in the end.
Even though we changed the literal character, that underlining concept stayed intact.
We thought it would be stronger if he wasnt Saw Gerreras guy, but instead he knew Galen.
Those sorts of things changed, but the desire for them feels similar.
Every time hed get sprung by a Stormtrooper, Donnie would come out andBang!
It was almost, kind of an extended slapstick comedy sequence.
Things got dark fast, however.
When he was running into the ship, he was shot and badly injured, Ahmed said.
He has to crawl his way back onto the ship, and it was quite extended.
Its right that it was truncated because it makes his death more unexpected, he says.
They opted to make it a more emotional film instead of just the bells and whistles kind of thing.
BODHIS UNTOLD FAMILY STORY
Ahmed also revealed some pieces of Bodhi Rooks history that never made it onscreen.
Bodhi grew up on Jedha.
Its been a troubled planet for a long time.
I always imagined he was supporting maybe a single mother.
Hes taking a job, which a lot of people wouldnt take.
Theyd think he was a collaborator with the evil forces, Ahmed says.
It liberates him more.
What hes doing with his life, given that were only here for a short period of time?
Bodhi Rook went from the man who wasnt there to the man with nothing to lose.
