British actor Richard Grant admitted that he had fulfilled his youth's dream by participating in the movie "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", adding, "I feel excited ... the first movie I saw in Star Wars was in 1977 when I was 20 years old and I was an acting student."
Grant, 62, said that since then he has become a "obsession" with Star Wars: "I have all the games, avatars, and spaceships that appear in Star Wars." I have a box full of all these things, because I am in love with them. ”
In "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," Grant plays the evil General Pride. The secrecy and security measures surrounding the filming of the film were new to the actor, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie "Can You Forgive Me One Day?" In 2018.
Grant told Deutsche Presse Agentur in London that he was not even allowed to take the movie script with him home: “I was getting my turn-of-the-minute documents when I went to the set. I had to register my name first, then get the papers, then hand over the papers at the end of the day and register my departure. "No one is allowed to take anything with him, that is, I have to practice everything quickly."
He expressed his understanding of these procedures, explaining that this ultimately is in the interest of the filming work: “There are drones belonging to newspapers that were flying over us, and people tried to obtain any information about the film. Some newspapers have tried to bribe workers in the makeup and clothing department to obtain information or pictures. ”
• “I have all the games, avatars, and spaceships that appear in Star Wars.”