In an interview that took place shortly after the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Oscar Isaac said it would be ‘great’ if Disney would ‘not succumb to fascism’ going forward
17:51 ET, 11 Nov 2025Updated 17:53 ET, 11 Nov 2025
Oscar Isaac is ‘not so open to working with Disney’ after they suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Oscar Isaac is letting his feelings about Disney be known following their decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! back in September.
The 46-year-old actor had previously expressed to Variety in late August, ahead of the world premiere of Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein at the Venice Film Festival, that he would consider returning as Poe Dameron for future Star Wars films. Oscar played handsome, hotshot X-wing fighter pilot in the Star Wars sequel trilogy from 2015 to 2019. Oscar said to the outlet, “Yeah, I’d be a Star Wars again if there was something good to do with that,” following a playful reference from The Simpsons, “I’m a Star Wars.”
He previously joked in a Deadline panel that he would potentially reprise his role if he needed “another house or something.” In a new interview with GQ, as Oscar graced the cover as one of the magazine’s Men of the Year issues, he told the he would be opening to come back as Poe on one condition.
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“Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great,” Oscar told the outlet in an interview published on Monday, November 10.
“If that happens, then yeah, I’d be open to having a conversation about a galaxy far away. Or any number of other things,” he added.
Oscar said it would be ‘great’ if Disney would ‘not succumb to fascism'(Image: Getty Images)
According to GQ, their interview with Oscar occurred two days after ABC and Disney suspended production on Jimmy Kimmel Live! because of remark Jimmy made about Charlie Kirk’s death.
Jimmy was suspended by ABC (which is owned by Disney) on September 17 following his opening monologue in the September 15 episode of his show, regarding the right-wing political commentator who was shot and killed on September 10.
The actor played the role of Poe Dameron in three Star Wars movies(Image: Lucasfilm)
The late-night host had said, the “MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
He further accused MAGA of “working very hard to capitalize on the murder.” Jimmy also played a clip about Donald Trump being asked by a reporter how he was “holding up” two days after Charlie’s shooting. Trump said he was doing “very good” and then shifted to discussing the subject of the construction of the upcoming White House State Ballroom.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! was briefly suspended over comments the host made about Charlie Kirk’s death(Image: Disney via Getty Images)
“He’s at the fourth stage of grief: construction,” Jimmy said. “This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.”
Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group, both said they they would preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! following Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr’s threat to take action against ABC if they didn’t drop Jimmy’s show after his comments. Then ABC suspended him.
When Jimmy came back on air on September 23, he made a tearful apology in his opening monologue. “It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,” he said.
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