Oscar Isaac will bring Poe Dameron on the screen in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. While he is not allowed to speak much either of the keenly awaited episode or of his role, Oscar Isaac did bring forward to Yahoo Movies some details about his audition and an unexpected refutation of all rumors about the plot.
That happened in the context of the early December leaks concerning the script of Star Wars, some plotlines and details about characters. The Guatemala-born actor exposes them as fake and completely ungrounded. So, it's Oscar Isaac against the so-called Spoiler Man, an alleged employee of LucasFilm.
Off-base rumors, as Oscar Isaac puts it
Oscar Isaac doesn't care to elaborate in depth, but he is pretty trenchant: "I can't speak for the cast and crew, I can just speak for myself, but for me I thought, Don't you want to wait so you can get the real thing?" And he continues: "But it creates excitement for it. I don't think these little leaks necessarily ruined watching the trailer. And also, the [plot theories] that get that formulated based on these things "” they couldn't be more far off-base".
Playing in Star Wars, a dream come true
The fact measures must be taken to prevent leaks is all the more necessary in case of glorified franchises such as Star Wars. They've come to a point where not even scripts are sent to actors previous to audition. But Oscar Isaac is a sympathizer: "They won't even do that ["¦] You go to the place, and they have a room with cameras and you sit there and read the script. They're incredibly protective, because nowadays, with however many hundreds of blogs and this and that, people are just ravenous for content. So because of that, there has to be such tight security around it. And it gets in the way of the process a bit, but it's understandable".
He eventually lightens up and airs out some details from the shooting of the X-Wing fighter plane: "It was hard to believe that I was actually sitting in there and doing that. And it's physical. You have to kind of get in touch with that child again that had a little X-Wing and would fly around his room making crazy sounds, you had to tap into that spirit again and that was a lot fun. There was a lot of practical effects. A lot of the stuff they actually made. There wasn't a lot of green screen". In brief, a "dream come true", as Oscar Isaac himself summed it up.
There's no reason to doubt Isaac's account, but he might just as well be biased: he is, in the end, part of the story. Do you think his rejection of these rumors is machinated, or is it just a friendly heartfelt advice to not give in to speculations? Jump in and let us know your thoughts!
