Dafne Keen, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett and Rebecca Henderson speak to Yahoo UK about the upcoming Star Wars series, and how their co-star blew them away.
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00:00 I really enjoyed Amandla Stenberg's part in the role. I liked her story as Mae and Osha.
00:06 I wondered how did you find working with her in both roles?
00:11 I think Amandla played a good role in the lead role in the production and in the acolyte.
00:27 She prepared a lot.
00:31 When I watched her in Stunt Camp, she practiced Osha and Mae's choreography.
00:46 She practiced a lot.
00:48 I could feel her determination to do well in all the processes.
01:08 I had a few meetings with Leslie about the relationship between Sol and Mae.
01:23 She had a lot of good ideas and she talked about them.
01:38 I thought she was really into the character and understood the Star Wars universe.
01:46 I thought she could lead the acolyte as a leader.
01:54 I had so much fun working with Amandla.
01:57 Amandla has become a great friend.
02:00 She's such a wonderful creative.
02:03 It was so fun watching her embody both those characters.
02:08 I was lucky enough to get...
02:11 Can I say this?
02:13 Probably not.
02:15 I'm going to shut the f*** up.
02:17 It was really fun to get to see her play both these roles.
02:22 It was really interesting to see how different they were.
02:25 Also how tormented these two roles were by each other.
02:31 It was such a beautiful, sensitive thing from her as an artist.
02:37 It was so wonderful to see her grow into the part.
02:41 I came into it and she'd been in London for a week prepping.
02:45 I came into it really early.
02:47 I came into it and I saw Amandla grow into and become Mae and Osha.
02:53 It felt like such an honor and such a beautiful thing.
02:57 I'm blown away by her work.
03:01 I think it's unfortunate but also based on the truth.
03:05 There's a lot of people in this industry,
03:07 especially people who have been working for such a long time.
03:10 We had both you and Amandla who have been working at a young age.
03:14 You would expect for someone to have that kind of ease to come in
03:18 and maybe not work as hard,
03:20 maybe not put in the best efforts that they could.
03:22 Amandla is a polar opposite of that.
03:28 I was so honored to walk onto set and have a scene partner
03:33 who was willing to challenge me.
03:35 In a person with that kind of caliber or that career,
03:38 you don't have to.
03:39 You can walk on and not know your lines and throw it away
03:41 and do your thing and go home.
03:43 She was there to work and there to--
03:46 She's at a 100.
03:47 Yeah, and it was really important to her to deliver a performance
03:50 that was rooted and layered and beautiful.
03:56 I really think she succeeded.
03:58 It's a difficult one to play those--
04:00 Yeah, she is such a hard worker.
04:02 I have this clear image of Amandla walking into rehearsals
04:05 with these two huge binders that she'd put together about Mae and Osha
04:10 and me being like, "What is that?"
04:11 She was like, "This is my Mae binder and this is my Osha binder."
04:14 I was like, "I love this."
04:16 She was also such an amazing leading woman.
04:21 She was so supportive to all of us.
04:24 A lot of number ones don't really care about anyone else.
04:29 She was there every time she wasn't on camera.
04:32 She was so dedicated in other people's coverage, which is very rare.
04:37 She was such a dedicated, kind soul as an actor,
04:43 which is really beautiful to watch.
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