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Would actually be good as a Jedi or Sith in a Star Wars movie!

posted 8 years ago by 5535
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Never occurred to me until yesterday.

He's young but not too young, has a good face, and his stature is very imposing.

I could easily see him playing a regal Jedi, maybe one of Luke's students, or one of the Knights Of Ren.

Hell, you could even have some fun and add prosthetics to his face to change him into an alien or different race of fighter, and that would work too.

I just had the image of him and Benicio Del Toro as the lead members of the KOR, next to Kylo, or as separate villains maybe.

[–] leesilm 8 years ago

Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one fan-casting him to STAR WARS. Granted, I think he's played at least 2 characters who liked STAR WARS, one of which gave him the chance to swordfight while saying he always wanted to be a Jedi. And the stunt training for Thranduil would make lightsaber dueling a synch.

[–] thirteensilvermoons 8 years ago

Hello, everybody!

Lee auditioned for the role of Kylo Ren! You can check at the Trivia session for "The Force Awakens", here at IMDb.

Why did the role go to Adam, then? My guess is that Lee looks too mature for his age; it would be difficult to picture him as Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher's son. Besides, Daisy would look like a child next to him and not as a potential love interest who could help turn him away from the Dark Side. I believe that they followed the premise of the Original Trilogy by casting relatively unknown actors in the main roles in order to keep the fans wondering how the new characters would like. (It was a surprise to me when Adam removed the helmet for the first time: I did not expect the bad guy to look so human and somewhat fragile.)

However, I still expect to see Lee in a "Star Wars" movie, probably as a Sith (Luke's padawans, the first wave of new Jedis since Order 66, are supposed to be killed by Kylo Ren) or, perhaps, as a new charming and fearless smuggler... who knows?

Best wishes

Rowanna

P.S.: It seems Lee is a fan of the series, but I don't know for sure.

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