Matt Smith has revealed that he has already completed his work on Star Wars: Starfighter as one of the film’s villains, a role which he had to get a haircut for.
Speaking to This Morning yesterday, Smith explained that he just wrapped work on his Star Wars film:
“I finished [Starfighter] yesterday [December 11] and I had to cut my hair for it… Star Wars, yeah, I finished that yesterday. Yeah, yeah, and that’s why I have this daft haircut, with this funny little front bit.”
The film has not yet officially wrapped, but filming is expected to end soon. He was quiet about all other details about what his role involved, but he shared his overall enthusiasm for the movie:
“[Ryan Gosling]’s in it, who’s just fabulous. I think it’s really exciting – it’s directed by Shawn Levy, who did Stranger Things. He’s fantastic. Yeah, I think it’s got legs.”
You can watch the full interview below:
Smith previously stated that all of his scenes would be shot in December, and so it seems as though they all must have been filmed in the past week or two. This suggests that Smith’s role likely isn’t one with a lot of screentime, but one where he is most important to a specific section of the story. Fellow cast member Mia Goth is also said to play an antagonist, and based on her level of involvement in the film, it seems possible that she has more screentime of the two characters specificially described as antagonists.
Star Wars: Starfighter will be released on May 28, 2027. Directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Deadpool & Wolverine) and written by frequent collaborator Jonathan Tropper (Warrior, The Adam Project), the spin-off film represents a story that is set five years after the end of the Skywalker Saga comprising the nine episodic entries in the film series. Its cast includes Ryan Gosling, Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams.
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.