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IRISH ACTOR DOMNHALL Gleeson was announced as part of the main cast for the new Star Wars film last April, but until now his role remained a mystery.
Finally, at a ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ panel at the San Diego Comic Con event on Friday his character was revealed.
Gleeson (who’s the son of actor Brendan) will play General Hux, a baddie in charge of Starkiller Base.
At the event Gleeson was asked for some details about his character and he’s widely reported as responding:
Which prompted a bit of this:
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What Gleeson actually said (in his very Irish accent) when asked by the host “are you really evil?” was:
Stand down everyone. Gleeson was not denying his Irish roots, he was simply giving a detail about General Hux. Phew. We can all get on with our days.
By Emer McLysaght. Originally published on DailyEdge.ie.
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