The Last Jedi Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron (VIII)

[MagnarTheGreat]

Oscar Isaac continues his role as Poe Dameron in Star Wars: Episode VIII.

Discuss!

 

[Brother Jack]

Good to see Poe get a mention in the press release along with Rey, Finn, and Luke. Just further confirms to me that he is the third piece of the trifecta of main heroes for this trilogy.

 

[Nicko-Ray]

Yes! Love this guy. Man crush. His little screen time only leaves you wanting more. I hope they do some sort of "parallel homaging" to Han Solo (since he does share the charismatic trait), and we quickly see him wield a lightsaber for a quick action. (Like how Han uses it in ESB to cut open the Tauntaun.) That'd be cool hehe.

Also, SO picking up his comic series when it drops!!

 

[Gianakin_]

After his bumpy story in TFA, I do hope they'll use Oscar/Poe to his full capacity.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I want to see Poe have an arc and be more emotionally involved in the other characters and the themes of the movie this time. As much as I loved Poe last time even with the lack of arc, this time they gotta step up the game. The same plucky Poe who helps people from the last film isn't gonna cut it. He needs to go forward.

 

[ericadawn16]

The last film really suffered from deciding late in the game not to kill off Poe...but I'm glad they didn't.

 

[Brother Jack]

The last film really suffered from deciding late in the game not to kill off Poe...but I'm glad they didn't.

I don't think it suffered, exactly. The third act wouldn't have worked nearly as well without there being a lead character to spearhead the attack on Starkiller base. There probably should have been more explanation of how Dameron gets back to the Resistance and it would've been better had his apparent death been more ambiguous but keeping him dead would not have benefited the movie.

 

[Loki882]

I thought that the explanation was fine. A bit hand-wavy sure, but it worked. Heck it was basically the same explanation for how Finn survived, we just got to actually see it in his case. Plus the movie is focused around Rey and Finn (and Han and Kylo as well) and the entire plot is structured around them. Taking time to jump back to Jakku just to show Poe wandering around and trying to find a ship would have been, out of place and thrown the pacing off imo.

And ironically, not showing us how Poe survived may have helped in some regard because it created a nice little surprise for later on. In the showing that I went to, there was a noticeable reaction from the audience when he turns up alive later on, a positive reaction.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

I agree. Poe's disappearance for the middle part of the movie didn't have to be explained. It was best for us audiences to imagine what might have happened while everything else was happening around Rey, Finn, Han and Kylo.

 

[Brother Jack]

I thought that the explanation was fine. A bit hand-wavy sure, but it worked. Heck it was basically the same explanation for how Finn survived, we just got to actually see it in his case. Plus the movie is focused around Rey and Finn (and Han and Kylo as well) and the entire plot is structured around them. Taking time to jump back to Jakku just to show Poe wandering around and trying to find a ship would have been, out of place and thrown the pacing off imo.

And ironically, not showing us how Poe survived may have helped in some regard because it created a nice little surprise for later on. In the showing that I went to, there was a noticeable reaction from the audience when he turns up alive later on, a positive reaction.

I had a similar reaction at the screenings I went to. Unfortunately I couldn't have that because I knew he wasn't really dead, but I guess that's the penalty for following the production so much. I get that he survives the same way that Finn does and that it might've disrupted the flow of the story to show him on Jakku but I still think his initial death should have been more ambiguous because it does come off as a little bit of a cheat. Finn outright says that he died and there's no reason given to disclaim him.

 

[Breogan]

 

[VM1138]

I look forward to seeing Poe and Finn tearing stuff up on an adventure, giving Poe a major role as a main hero. I envision he and Finn having a third of the movie, Rey and Luke a third, and Kylo a third (with obviously overlap in the final act).

 

[TX85]

Can't wait to read new interviews by Isaac about Poe's role in this film and see any pics of him from it! Also am excited for Poe's comic.

 

[Gianakin_]

Since Luke may be with Rey a lot of the time, I genuinely hope we can get some more Poe/Finn bromance. Since Finn and Rey's relationship was very tight and well done in TFA, maybe Finn can be the connective tissue between the big 3 in this trilogy, continuing his arc of finding his inner courage by fighting alongside Poe as an official member of the Resistance.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Entertainment Tonight - EXCLUSIVE: Oscar Isaac Talks 'Star Wars' Characters Getting 'Tested Intensely' in 'Episode VIII'

ET's Carly Steel caught up with The Force Awakens star Oscar Isaac, who's about to appear in another big budget film -- X-Men: Apocalypse', out May 27 -- and the actor told us that when it comes to fighting for the rebellion in a galaxy far, far away, he's just happy to be "around."

When asked about how his character [MINOR SPOILERS] living to see another day in Episode VII (Poe Dameron reportedly was initially going to die in the film) will affect the followup chapter, 37-year-old Isaac responded, "Well, I'm around, first of all, which is nice."

"The new additions to the cast, like Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro, they're incredible actors and Rian [Johnson, Episode VIII's director], his sensibility is one of smaller films," the Golden Globe winner explained. "So, within all of the bigness and the epic scope of the film, it does feel like we're getting to find some of that nuance and that intimacy."

Additionally, Isaac revealed his character will get in on a lot more of the action, which is set to push the characters to their limits, when the movie hits theaters in December 2017.

"Poe, he gets to be more a part of the story, and all of the characters in the film, they get tested, intensely," he said. "It's a lot of conflict in it, which is great."

http://m.etonline.com/movies/188628...characters_get_tested_intensely_episode_viii/

 

[sueb1863]

That's good since he got next to nothing to do in TFA besides fly around and look good, at least in the back half of the movie. You can really tell that they had to shoehorn his character back into the narrative.

 

[Gianakin_]

If what Oscar's been saying about Ep8 is true, all is forgiven.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Rollling Stone - Oscar Isaac: The Internet's Boyfriend Becomes a Leading Man

Isaac is in the movie's opening scenes, and his loose, jazzy dialogue was the first, highly welcome clue that these new films would be more human in tone than George Lucas' prequels. All of the funny lines – including one about Poe being unable to hear Adam Driver's Kylo Ren through his helmet, and the "who talks first" exchange – were added in reshoots, and Isaac improvised some of them. He's always pushing to complicate and deepen Poe, who started as little more than a charming archetype. "We're making **** up as we go," he says.

It's clear that Poe Dameron is a far bigger deal in Episode VIII. Rumors suggested that the filmmakers enlarged the role because of the response to Isaac's performance, but he suggests it's simply because the character is no longer marked for death. "In the new film, there's a lot more to do," Isaac says. "What happens now is the heroes get tested. All three of them" – Poe, Daisy Ridley's Rey and John Boyega's Finn – "get tested immensely." And how's BB-8 doing? "BB-8's doing all right. BB-8 gets tested too! Everybody gets tested! It's the dark second chapter, but not really dark."

Isaac made a substantial, even life-altering career commitment to the Star Wars franchise: "It's the first time in my life when things have been mapped out for quite some time," he says. "I'm basically Star War-ring until 2020." He did so with startlingly little deliberation, making the decision on almost pure instinct. "It wasn't an overly mapped-out move," he says. (So far, it hasn't kept him from weightier fare: He's starring alongside Christian Bale in The Promise, a film set against the Armenian genocide, and signed on to A Foreigner, a knotty thriller set in his native Guatemala.)

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...yfriend-becomes-a-leading-man-20160518?page=6

Shorlist - Oscar Isaac: “I listened to a lot of metal”

What else are you allowed to say, without someone breaking your kneecaps?
There’s going to be more Poe. [Director] Rian Johnson has done a really great job. He’s written an extraordinary script that pushes some boundaries in a great way and it has been fascinating to see these characters get pushed to their limits.

How did you land the role of Poe?
I met with JJ in Paris, along with [producer] Kathy Kennedy and [writer] Larry Kasdan, and they walked me through the role. At that time, Poe’s life was supposed to end when that Tie fighter crashes. JJ let me read some of the script on his iPhone, which was an incredibly surreal experience.

Oh my God…
And then I went back home and said, “Oh, it’s a bummer that he dies, let me just think about it a little bit.” And I called him eventually and said, “Yes, of course I’ll do it,” and he said, “Well hold off, I have an idea.” And then a few days later he said, “I’ve figured it out. Poe’s gonna be in the whole film now. The only thing is that now it’s a much bigger role and we don’t know exactly where it’s gonna go, we do need you to come in and read with John [Boyega] and Daisy [Ridley].” And so I came to London, did a reading with the two of them, and two days later I was at that table read with the whole cast.

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/oscar-isaac-i-listened-to-a-lot-of-metal

I think it's great the Oscar got to audition with Daisy too, considering they had no scenes together in the final cut (there's a scene in the novelization at the end at the Resistance Base.)

 

[Brother Jack]

They're gonna have some catching up to do with regards to Poe and Rey.

 

[TheVileOne]

But what if Poe didn't survive. And the current one is nothing more than an impostor?

 

[titansupes]

Then he really shouldn't have blown up Starkiller Base... That's taking protecting your cover a little too far, probably...

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

July 8, 2016

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[Brother Jack]

Isaac looks like he might be in costume there.

 

[sueb1863]

Cute picture! Yeah, they look like they're both in costume, Daisy just has her footwear off and is wearing sandals.

 

[scarlet-witch]

That picture is adorable! I'm glad we're getting more Poe, I love his dynamic with Finn and I hope we get to see him interact with Rey a bit.