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To be as excited as Brendan Wayne was to work onThe Mandalorianfeels like a rare thing.
I got to get on a landspeeder; I got to have my own Razor Crest.
He also made it clear just how much he and the rest of the production owed to the crew.
And theyve never dropped the shield.
Prior toThe Mandalorian, you had worked with Jon Favreau onCowboys & Aliens.
And then this came up, and it was very mysterious.
I got a call from my agent.
He was like, Hey, I need you to do this favor.
you gotta go try on this costume.
Im like, Do I get paid?
And he was like, Yeah, youll get paid to go.
I cant tell you anything about it; its super top secret.
A Pepsi commercial I did was super top secret.
Then I pull up to [Legacy Effects] and go inside.
And oh my God, thats a Terminator.
Oh my God, its Thors hammer.
And to a person, they were like, No, its not Boba Fett!
And I was like, No, this is Boba Fett, but I wont tell anybody.
And theyre like, ItsNOT.
They got really mad at me.
But I have a small head, so the helmet fit perfect.
And all I get is that its for Jon Favreau.
And, okay, Jon I trust Jon.
I ask, Do I get a script?
And they say, They just want to see you move around.
He cant have it this high, nobody draws a gun this high.
I was talking as if this was my suit.
I felt like we were working together.
I felt like I was a part of the process, where you dont usually get that.
At what point did you know that this was somethingStar Warsrelated?At the screen test.
They want me to play, Ill play it.
Ill play it on fire if they want.
How often do you get to create something?
That was really cool being a part of creating a character who had never stepped foot inStar Warsyet.
What am I doing though?
I do not want to sit around.
Get me going let me run into a wall, whatever you want.
Throw me from a building totally fine.
You know, hurt me, but dont make me sit around all day.
I noticed that in the screen test that they wanted a very Western kind of feel.
So I just slowed everything down.
All my walks, everything.
Its about your core.
It allowed him to move in a certain way.
Plus he had tiny feet.
He was six-feet-five-inches and his feet were as big as mine, which are 10s.
And so he walked with his toes, like a dancer.
So I picked it up.
It was really fun to find that pacing.
And then Jon [Favreau] was great because he taught me so much about head movement.
Because if Im not careful, especially in that costume, I look like a bobblehead.
And so Jon taught me the importance of a slow look versus a quick look versus an unfocused look.
Bryce would ask, Well, what do you feel he would do here?
Youve lived in this suit for so long.
You know, how would he interact?
It was really a beautiful moment for me.
And I say, No, my kids are here.
I dont want them to see the tears, and she was like, I knew it!
It was so cute.
Did you work on every episode of the first season?I did.
Are you also working on season two?Yes, I am.
Tomorrows probably gonna be my first day.
I had appendicitis that almost killed me, so I was in the hospital for 37 days.
I just got out a few weeks ago, and I just walked out of physical therapy.
So Im gonna get back into the suit shortly.
But I saw him frequently.
So its not easy.
But theyre like, Yeah, but we need you to have your swagger.
And then Carl said, How would your grandfather do it?
Lead with your shoulder and stop thinking about it.
And I looked at Carl and he could not stop laughing.
They cant cut away from me.
I dont care how many years ago he died.
This is what theyre going to expect.
Will I tell you which places?
What percent do you think youre being used onscreen?I dont think Im allowed to say, honestly.
But I will say its very rewarding because I see it frequently.
As an actor, this must be a fascinating challenge.
It was this constanttake a deep breath and radiate.
Now, for me, its pretty seamless when I watch I have moments here and there.
But initially, it was really tough.
And Baby Yoda is my favorite.
That was the selling point.
[Dave] Filoni knew.
They were like, This is magnificent.
I felt like I was working with somebody.
So when I had to turn to him and say, Put that down.
