Alan Tudyk Talks About His Rogue One Role, K-2SO at Fan Expo Canada

This year's Fan Expo Canada represented Star Wars well. Fans heard Mark Hamill talk about the Original and Sequel Trilogy, and Alan Tudyk also took the stage in Toronto to discuss his career, and of course, his experience in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story came up. In the film, Tudyk plays K-2SO. Although he couldn't reveal much about his character, he did talk about his experience portraying K-2SO through motion capture and what it's like to be in a Star Wars film.

First, he explained the reason the production decided to make K-2SO a motion capture character, rather than a costume: "He's 7'1" and his arms are really spindle-y, there was no way to do that as a suit".

Tudyk, who's 6 ft. tall, had to wear stilts to play the droid during most of the shoot. "I was by cliff once and you can't wear stilts there, because you'll die if you make one wrong step," Tudyk said "So they had this backpack, which ended up being known as the backpack of shame...it had this head that was up where (K2's) head should be."

Tudyk praised the make-up and creature team working on the Star Wars films: "You see the most amazing make-up and creature creations,' Tudyk told the audience. "You're like this is the most amazing alien I've ever seen and then they just walk behind you casually in the scene. It's like a walking action figure!"

During the panel, Tudyk mostly talked about his other rules, including Firefly, Wreck It Ralph, and his series Con Man, which he also directs and produces. He also discussed the role of droids in Star Wars films: "Droids have such an amazing history in their movies and their real characters." He later added, "K2SO is another in the line of great, great droids".

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will hit theaters on December 16, 2016.

Source: SWU

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