Because I'm CGI, [John Swartz] gave me a role of an Imperial pilot in one scene, so I had a day where I was on camera dressed as a black suit and a little cap that they wear.

Those are always fun characters to play, the ones who are stupid but speak with authority.

It was great. We knew we were going back when we finished the movie. It was such a big movie [Star Wars].

I'm a geeky actor, in the way that I like the craft of acting. I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with. I like the craft of acting. It sounds geeky when I say it, but it's true.

Gareth [Edwards] was very open to just shaping the performances and the scenes to fit what was happening with the actors and the storytelling that was emerging.

I definitely knew how to fly. That's something you don't forget. One spaceship is pretty much like another when it comes to flying.

The reason I got into acting was the audience is right there and if you did something great they were right there and you knew it.