Oscar Isaac claims he will only return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney does “not succumb to fascism”
Oscar Isaac has claimed he will only return to his role in the Star Wars franchise if Disney does “not succumb to fascism.”
The actor made the comments in a new interview with GQ, reflecting back on his role playing the character of Poe Dameron in the franchise’s instalments of The Force Awakens in 2015 and The Last Jedi in 2017. He famously once claimed he would only return to the films if he “needed another house”.
In response to this, Isaac admitted: “Yeah. That was a real likeable quote. Jesus Christ. Y’know, people ask you things, you say stuff, you don’t really think about it that much. I said a slightly dickish thing.”
Despite now saying that he wouldn’t use such extreme language against Star Wars, the actor said he still had reservations about working with Disney, the franchise’s parent company. “I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney,” he explained. “But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great.”
Isaac was referencing the fact that, in the days prior to the interview taking place, Disney, the parent company of the American TV network ABC, made the controversial decision to take the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air, following comments the host made in his monologue in the aftermath of the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
Although Kimmel was ultimately reinstated within the week, the move attracted significant and high-profile condemnation across both the political and Hollywood spheres, with many branding it an attack on the right to free speech.
As much as the prospect of Isaac returning to Star Wars now seems unlikely, the franchise is still going strong, with Shawn Levy revealing that his upcoming movie, Star Wars: Starfighter, will be the first standalone film in its near 50-year history.
However, Isaac is clearly satisfied within his own lane, having most recently taken on the role of Victor Frankenstein in Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein.
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