The trailers for Solo: A Star Wars Story have given us our first looks at the film's characters, including Emilia Clarke's character Qi'ra, but we still don't know much about her mysterious character who's described as a femme fatale. During a recent interview with EW, the Game of Thrones star discusses her Star Wars character, sharing more details about her background.
Clarke says that Qi'ra and Han Solo grew up together as she describes her relationship:
"Well, they grew up as comrades, essentially. They grew up as pals, as partners in crime. There is obviously the romantic side of things. But they grew up together. So they were kids together. And the beautiful thing about this Han Solo story is it's highlighting all of the most brilliant aspects of Han Solo the character and characterizing those aspects in characters that he meets on his journey to becoming who he is."
It sounds like there's a good chemistry between the two. The 31-year-old English actress went on to talk about how Solo was influenced by her character.
"You see the beginnings of him, this loveable rogue. You get it fine-tuned throughout these relationships, and Qi'ra is one of those relationships that has an impact on him as a character. I mean, hopefully [laughs] — if I have done my job. And within that relationship, the thing that that you see with Qi'ra is that she an enigma."
Clarke also reminds us that we don't see Qi'ra anywhere else in the Star Wars universe, "something has happened! [Laughs] You know what I mean?" When asked why Han never talks about Qi'ra, she says:
"Something must have happened to affect him as a person, but for us fans not to know about her. Twists happen, and there is this great idea of trust — andwhodo you trust andhowdo you trust? And which side of the tracks are either character from — or going to?"
She also talked about their mysterious relationship:
"It is. Mystery. There is a thing throughout the relationship you just can't put your finger on. And that's Qi'ra. Every time you think you have got her number you realize you haven't at all. [Laughs] Which isreallyhard to play. The goal is that the shadow of Qi'ra is there in Han as a character that we know. This girl is another texture that makes up who he is when we first meet him."
On her character's strength, Clarke describes how badass she is:
"Oh hella yeah. [Laughs] I am never going to take a job that doesn't tell that story, because I think it's a very important narrative that we are telling all ages at all stages. And whilst itisHan Solo's movie, this girl gets to be badass. And strong. And has her own journey. Qi'ra's journey is definitely one of survival and strength. The way that I felt about her was yeah this girl has got a core of steel."
Clarke also describes where the film picks up with Qi'ra, saying:
"The point where you meet her, she is with Han. They are both doing what they've got to do to survive. And that is Qi'ra the whole the movie. The whole way through, she is surviving. And surviving in the underworld that we know to be [filled with] smuggling, aloof gamblers, wrong-side-of-the-tracks nasty ones. It was beautiful they touched on it very briefly [inThe Last Jedi] when they are at the racetracks. Do you remember and they were talking about what that world is?"
And that world she's talking about is Canto Bight, and she talks about how it's the setting that their characters inhabit:
"And that's our world. I mean it's not the racetracks, and not Canto Bight. But we have the main storyline talk about what the smuggling, gambling black market world is like. It's dangerous and it's sordid and it's ugly, and it's really, really dark. There are loads of different gangster-y elements running through it. It has been really fun to put Qi'ra in that. She has a couple of guises, but essentially she is just fighting to stay alive."
Synopsis:
Through a series of daring escapades, young Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
Solo: A Star Wars Story will release in theaters on May 25, 2018.
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