Actor Gwendoline Christie said she wanted to be involved with the "Star Wars" franchise since she first saw Carrie Fisher play Princess Leia at the age of six.
The 39-year-old actor, who reprises her role as Captain Phasma in "The Last Jedi", said she was beside herself with happiness when she was cast in the popular sci-fi films, reported BANG Showbiz.
"I can remember the precise moment I was cast as Captain Phasma in 'Star Wars' (The Force Awakens). It was an explosion of unbelievable joy. It was an ambition motivated by one of my earliest memories, of when, aged six, I was placed in front of the flamboyant space opera.
"I marvelled at this fantasy world in a way I couldn't yet articulate, with its misfits and droids and a woman who fought the enemy with intelligence, who was funny and refused to be shackled - the inimitable Princess Leia," Christie said.
The actor, who shot to fame as Brienne of Tarth in "Game of Thrones", said she felt "truly electrified" when she saw her costume as Phasma for the first time as it was not created with the idea of objectifying her character.
"Kathleen Kennedy, president of LucasFilm, had asked me if I'd ever Googled 'female superheroes' and proceeded to show me the results; a plethora of scantily clad, cartoon-like women and not a whole lot else.
"The concept of a female character in a huge film like 'Star Wars', whose flesh we are denied from the outset, felt fresh and exciting. A suit of genderless armour for a female character shouldn't have felt new, but it did," she said.
The eighth chapter from the franchise is scheduled to be released on December 15.
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