STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Actor Andy Serkis On First Learning About Supreme Leader Snoke's Fate

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Actor Andy Serkis On First Learning About Supreme Leader Snoke's Fate

Andy Serkis recently revealed how he felt when he first learned about his character Supreme Leader Snoke's fate in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, describing it as leaving him in a "state of semi-shock"...

By Nebula - Mar 26, 2018 05:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: USA Today
One of the most surprising and divisive moments in Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the shocking exit of Supreme Leader Snoke.

Fans weren't the only ones taken aback by the villain's demise, as Andy Serkis, who played Snoke through motion-capture, recently admitted that reading the scene for the first time left him in a state of "semi-shock."

I was taken to my trailer on the lot at Pinewood Studios, where I was to read the script for the first time on a tablet. We were never handed printed scripts, and had to hand back the tablet as soon as we were done. I was swiping through the story, and landed on this epic scene, where Snoke is goading Kylo Ren to kill Rey, to fulfill his destiny. It was riveting, the tension building with each line. I just couldn’t work out where it was heading. And then as I swiped up … there it was. The end … not for Rey, not for Kylo Ren, but for the Supreme Leader … just gone.

The actor also admitted to USA Today that, not only did the character's death itself weigh heavily on him but also the pressures of keeping the secret:

I walked out of the trailer in a state of semi-shock, feeling the weight of knowing I would have to mask a great secret for a very, very long time and that my brother, a massive Star Wars fan, was going to be heartbroken.

Serkis has stated on multiple occasions that he did come around to the idea and loved the scene, though has admitted that he'd also love to return to the franchise as the Supreme Leader in the future.

What did you think about Snoke's demise when your first witnessed it? Has your opinion changed at all since then?

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Repian
Repian - 3/26/2018, 6:08 PM
If they release a new series after the open end of Star Wars Rebels, Andy Serkis has to return, giving voice to Snoke.

Snoke's death is not the end. There is a past to explore.
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 3/26/2018, 6:52 PM
@Repian - I’m desparate for a new tv show in between Ep 6 and 7, with middle aged Luke, Han, and Leia, a child Ben Solo, a new Republic, Luke’s Jedi Academy, and the origins of Snoke.

It could redeem many of the flaws people have had with the sequel trilogy.
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 3/26/2018, 6:54 PM
Nebula
Nebula - 3/26/2018, 7:20 PM
@ELAYEM -
Repian
Repian - 3/26/2018, 7:24 PM
@Nebula -
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 3/26/2018, 8:54 PM
@Nebula @Repian - Yes!
DanJack
DanJack - 3/26/2018, 6:16 PM
At least the hate of the script is shared among all the principle actors. Hamill, Serkis, and Ridley all said they didn’t like it. Never before have I seen a movie that made so many bad script decisions just to try to surprise an audience with something they didn’t anticipate. Such a shame.
G
G - 3/26/2018, 6:22 PM
@DanJack -

Agreed. There's nothing wrong with twists and trying to surprise the audience, just as long as there's some kind of payoff in the end. Ruin Johnson's "twists" had no payoff, whatsoever. He twisted everything, just for the sake of twisting it. Shock value only. No payoffs, no development of story or the characters. No growth. No nothing. He dumped the toy box out onto the floor, stomped on them, and kicked the pieces down the road for someone else to pick up.
TomSolo
TomSolo - 3/26/2018, 7:11 PM
@DanJack - It was almost literally one twist right after the other. It was beyond tiresome. I remember watching it and thinking of that Family Guy episode where Peter and Lois are at the doctor's office and the doctor is telling them Peter's test results but everytime he is about to give the answer he just says some crazy pun for like 2 straight minutes and Lois finally says with exhaustion,"Doctor... please... no more shtick!"

That's what this movie was to me.
DanJack
DanJack - 3/27/2018, 7:03 AM
@TomSolo - Ha indeed! That's exactly what it felt like. "I'm afraid you're going to die!! When you watch these Dean Martin celebrity roasts!" 😂😂😂😂
TomSolo
TomSolo - 3/27/2018, 10:55 AM
@DanJack - There is something to be said about keeping an audience on its toes, but most of us aren't ballerinas, so we don't need to be on our toes for over 2 straight hours. Hell, even ballerinas aren't constantly on their toes that long.

Look, the OT had twists and turns and GOTCHA moments, but they were mostly set up well and sometimes even in a previous film. So the audience had time to digest what the [frick] was happening. And there wasn't one every 2 minutes. It didn't exhaust the veiwers.
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