Now thatStar Wars: The Last Jedihas finally hit theaters, one of the surprise cameos has just been revealed, with filmmaker Edgar Wright sharing a photo from the set with the director in full costume as aResistance fighter. The filmmaker took to social media today to share his photo from the set that was taken last June, where he’s seen alongside his big brother Oscar Wright and frequent collaborators Joe Cornish and Leo Thompson. Here’s what the director had to say on Twitter earlier today, confirming when he shot this cameo.
“If you are looking for mycameo in Star Wars: The Last Jedithis is my grubby Resistance costume. With big brother Oscar, Joe Cornish & Leo Thompson. Shot this cameo on June 23rd, 2016. Thanks to @rianjohnson for making it happen.”
Joe Cornish is best known for directingAttack the Block, and he also wrote the script forAnt-Manwith Edgar Wright, when Edgar Wright was originally attached to direct. Leo Thompson started her career as Edgar Wright’s assistant onScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldandThe World’s End, before being elevated to associate producer on this year’sBaby Driver. Edgar Wright’s older brother Oscar Wright works as a concept designer and storyboard artist, and he actually has a connection to theStar Wars universehimself, since he served as a storyboard artist on the upcomingSolo: A Star Wars Story.
Star Wars cameosare often quite the hot topic of discussion during the production, and back in August, John Boyega confirmed that Tom Hardy filmed a cameo, along with U.K. royalty Prince William and Prince Harry. Those three were said to all be in the same scene as Stormtroopers, along with U.K. singer Gary Barlow, where they play Stormtroopers tasked with guarding Finn (John Boyega) after he has been detained by the First Order. However, it was later said that this scene was cut from the movie, and is not seen in the theatrical cut. It was later confirmed this fall that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who starred in Rian Johnson’s debut feature filmBrickand his third featureLooper, has a cameo voicing an alien character in the film known as Slowen Lo, who can be seen helping out the Canto Bight police.
As expected,Star Wars: The Last Jediwas a huge box office hit, earning $220 million at the domestic box office and$450 million worldwidein its opening weekend, tallies which are the second highest and fifth highest, respectively. It’s possible that the movie may have been able to contend for the worldwide opening weekend record if it had opened in China, the second largest box office market in the world behind North America, butThe Last Jediwon’t open in the Middle Kingdom until January 5. Take a look at this new photo, courtesy ofEdgar Wright’s Twitter, featuring the director’s cameo inStar Wars: The Last Jedi.
