The Mandalorian's "Baby Yoda" has taken the internet by storm and it's fair to say that we can't get enough to the adorable little alien. Someone else who is particularly taken with the creature is Werner Herzog, the legendary actor and filmmaker who plays the villainous client in the Disney+ TV series.
According to
Vanity Fair, when Herzog saw Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni "removing the miniature creature from set during one of his scenes with the being," he wanted to know why.
They were preparing to shoot a blank slate of the sequence as a backup in case they decided during postproduction that the puppet wasn’t convincing enough and a digital version had to be substituted.
Herzog, known for films about pushing the limits of human ability and endurance, could not hide his contempt.
"You are cowards," he declared. "Leave it."
Thing get weirder, though, as "Chapter 3" director Deborah Chow
has recalled a very unique moment on set which came when Herzog started interacting with the baby as if it were real.
"I was directing Werner with the puppet, and Werner had just fallen in love with the baby," she explains. "Werner, I think, had forgotten it wasn’t actually a live creature, and started sort of...directing the baby. Werner is talking to the baby as if it was a real thing. And I’m trying to direct Werner. And I’m just like, How did I get here? How did my life end up like this?"
Crazy, right?
In other news for The Mandalorian, a first look at "Chapter 4" has been revealed courtesy of the new "Continue Watching" feature on Disney+ and it appears this will be the longest episode to date.
Hit the "View List" button to check out concept art
and stills from the first three episodes The Mandalorian!