Rosario Dawson on Portraying Ahsoka Tano- “She Is Me”
It turns out that becoming a Jedi is no easy task.
Rosario Dawson is set to make her proper debut as Ahsoka Tano in the upcoming Disney+ series Ahsoka, but getting ready ready for the role was no easy task.
According to Dawson she trained “two hours a day, seven days a week” in the lead-up to production on the show, only to spend as much as “seven to 12 hours” filming fight scenes some days.
“But I loved that because that’s who Ahsoka is. It’s her!” she added. “Every fiber of her being is on the line at every given moment, so it felt really good to have that strength. It was this amazing mental, emotional, physical experience.”
Transitioning From Animation To Live-Action
Because the story of Ahsoka has largely been told in animation, Dawson faced some unique challenges in bringing the character to life.
“Our stunt coordinator, Ming Qiu, looked at Ahsoka’s fighting style, and said, ‘That’s not physically possible for a human, so let’s see what we can do to figure out how to do that move.’ We tried to do as many stunts as possible practically. We had ropes and pulleys and all kinds of things to make them work. There was a lot of experimentation, using technology that was developed while we were filming,” she remembered.
“She Is Me”
In order to embody Ahsoka, Dawson did more than just physically prepare herself. In order to properly play the fan-favorite Star Wars character, she had to connect with Ahsoka, even when not filming.
“I did everything I could to be physically prepared every day. Trying to get a good night’s sleep and eating well,” Dawson explained. “I’ve mentioned it before, but Ahsoka is not some character I can just play and then dismiss when I take off the head montrals. It’s been a lifestyle shift in connecting to her and performing her. She’s in me.”
Ahsoka will debut on Disney+
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