STAR WARS EPISODE IX: THE AMERICANS Star Keri Russell Eyed For Key Role In The J.J. Abrams Helmed Movie

STAR WARS EPISODE IX: THE AMERICANS Star Keri Russell Eyed For Key Role In The J.J. Abrams Helmed Movie

It sounds like Keri Russell will be reunited with Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams because it's now been revealed that The Americans star is being eyed for a key role in Star Wars Episode IX...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 06, 2018 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Variety
It's about time we got some casting news for Star Wars Episode IX and this is a good one! According to Variety, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes star Keri Russell is set to join the cast of the J.J. Abrams helmed release. This reunites her with the director after they previously worked on Mission: Impossible III and she's since received critical acclaim for her starring role in FX's now concluded The Americans. 

Apparently, Abrams and Lucasfilm have been meeting with a number of actresses for the past two months but Russell is who they want and it's thought that two more actors will be cast before August.

As of right now, we have no idea whether she'll be a Rebel, a member of The First Order, or something in between but this is an impressive casting addition and one which is very exciting indeed. This modern iteration of the Star Wars franchise has become known for strong female leads, so we can probably expect to see Russell have something good to do here. As always, stay tuned for updates.
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L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/6/2018, 10:42 AM
"The role calls for action-heavy fight scenes," according to Variety...

Surely she's not playing Rey's mother, right??

(Hey, a guy can dream)
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/6/2018, 10:55 AM
@L0RDbuckethead

I’m hoping she’s playing Rey’s girlfriend😏
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/6/2018, 10:57 AM



...or Rey’s mistress😏😏😏
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 7/6/2018, 11:22 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - Or Rey?
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/6/2018, 12:45 PM
@L0RDbuckethead -
The rumor going around a few months back was that they wanted to replace Luke with Mara Jade and have her be the new figurehead of the franchise and potentially the mother of Rey - though this new 'Mara Jade' would have no connection to Luke in order to have her stand as a 'new character' rather than part of the original series or original stories.

Arguably this seems to be what they are going for, the leaked script with Rey having a secret lovechild may actually be true...
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/6/2018, 1:08 PM
@Scarilian - Yep, I was kinda thinking the same thing. Everything about the 'Reylo' baby conceived through their force interactions sounds awful.

But if it means we get to see Keri Russell wield a lightsaber, I guess that's a small win...
Trimount
Trimount - 7/6/2018, 6:39 PM
@Scarilian - I didn’t know of a leak abut a love child so I’ll have to look into it. Who would it be?

So do you think Kerri would be playing Mara and Rey is her child? Ages in real life are a little close for that but I guess they could make that work.
Imfunnyhow
Imfunnyhow - 7/6/2018, 10:48 AM
Help us JJ YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE
Battabing
Battabing - 7/6/2018, 10:54 AM
@Imfunnyhow -
The guy who copied and pasted Epispde 4 is your only hope?
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 7/6/2018, 10:51 AM
Her death scene in Mission: Impossible 3 was one of those things in movies that scarred me for life when I was a kid.
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 7/6/2018, 10:56 AM
@MUTO123 - I was a fully grown adult when this came out and that traumatized me too haha
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/6/2018, 10:58 AM
@MUTO123

JJ’s best movie? Or is that Star Trek?
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 7/6/2018, 11:02 AM
@regularmovieguy - Probably Star Trek. They're both pretty great. The only movies of his that I'd say didn't completely work for me was Into Darkness, but there's still plenty of positive things I can say about it.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 7/6/2018, 11:16 AM
@regularmovieguy - ...*shakes head furiously at the question*...
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/6/2018, 11:57 AM
@Spock0Clock

Lmao...what’s yours? TFA? Super 8?
EZBeast
EZBeast - 7/6/2018, 10:53 AM
To me she will always be the woman who co stantly yells “Malcom” in dawn of the planet of the apes...seriously you can make a drinking game out of it.
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