‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Will Feature Three Actors From ‘The Raid’
This is an unexpected yet awesome piece ofStar Warsnews to kick off the year ofThe Force Awakens.Twitch is reporting that three of the main actors from Gareth Evans’The RaidandThe Raid 2have roles inJ.J. Abrams’Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The actors in question are the lead actorIko Uwais,Yayan Ruhian(who played Mad Dog and Prakoso in the films) andCecep Arif Rahman, who played “The Assassin” and fought in the kitchen finale of the sequel (seen above right, with Uwais).
Nothing beyond that is known but /Film sources have hinted to us one of the film’s action sequences might have been choreographed by the team. Read Raid Star Warsnews below.
Twitchfilmposted the report. And if there’s any site that would know aboutThe Raidstars, it’s Twitch. Their editor Todd Brown is a producer on both films so this is about as rock-solid as you can get. The only way it would be any more factual is if Lucasfilm posted about it, but that hasn’t happened yet.
So what will Uwais, Ruhian and Rahman be doing in the movie? On screen, each has proved they can work not only with martial arts but all matter of weapons so you have to think they’ll be in a big action scene. But they’re important behind the scenes too. Uwais and Ruhian choreographed the films, so it’s very possible they were hired both to act and work out a scene. That, of course, remains unconfirmed but is what our sources told us. One of the action scenes will be choreographed by the guys behindThe Raid.
No matter what their specific roles are this is just another instance of Abrams really going practical withThe Force Awakens. There are few better practical action movies in the past decade than the twoRaidmovies, so bringing them aboard feels smart. (My guess for their roles: Working with Gwendoline Christie’s character in some way.)
Pretty awesome news, would you agree? What do you think of theThe Raid Star Warsnews?
