Between The Hobbit films, and his current role in Black Panther (and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole), Martin Freemanâs got this whole âmajor film franchiseâ thing down on lock. Still, thatâs no reason for a well-liked British actor to rest on his getting-turned-into-an-action-figure laurels; hence, presumably, his answer when an interviewer for JOE asked him whether he had any interest in adding Star Wars to his rĂŠsumĂŠ: A very clear, âWell, of course. Of course, Iâd be.â (To be fair, this is the modern actor version of the old Ghostbusters maxim, âWhen someone asks you if youâre a god, you say yes!â)
Interestingly, Freemanâwho was sitting next to his old pal Andy Serkis, a Star Wars alum himselfânoted that his absence from the space opera series is not for lacking on his own part. âI had a chat with the folks a few years agoâŚThere are other British actors that they prefer to me,â he noted, deadpan. Freeman was pretty clearly joking about Serkis with that last bit, but itâs still interesting to speculate about what possible role he might have filled in the recent Star Wars canon. (Looking at you, Domhnall Gleeson.)
