Via Starwars.com:
STARWARS.COM SPEAKS WITH SNAP WEXLEY HIMSELF ABOUT HIS LOVE OF STAR WARS AND BECOMING PART OF THE SAGA IN THE FORCE AWAKENS.
Greg Grunberg is the man behind Temmin “Snap” Wexley — the best recon flier in the Resistance’s Starfighter Corps, who along with Poe Dameron and his fellow X-wing pilots, helped bring down Starkiller Base in the thrilling finale to The Force Awakens.
Behind the scenes, Greg is one of the biggest Star Wars fans you’ll ever meet and, like many, stood in line with his best buddy to watch the original movie back in 1977. But how many can say that their best buddy goes by the name of J.J. Abrams? Greg can. And how many can say that 38 years later they ended up working together on a new Star Wars film? Yep, Greg can.
Greg is not only an actor, but also a producer, a philanthropist, and soon-to-be a graphic novelist with the release of his debut work, Dream Jumper, this June. StarWars.com recently had a quick chat with the man himself about his love of Star Wars, why he’s geeking out with Kevin Smith, and what he said to Abrams after witnessing THAT Force Awakens Han Solo moment.
StarWars.com: So Greg, let’s take a little stroll down memory lane. What’s your earliest Star Wars memory?
Greg Grunberg: When it all began! I turned 50 this year, so I was 11 in 1977 and my best friend in the world was J.J. Abrams. We were both just so excited to see this whole new world and to discover these new characters. I can totally get how the movie executives would have been like, “What is this garbage?!” But it was sold to us immediately!
And you know they always use a fake name for a production, because they don’t want people to know that we’re shooting Star Wars, so for The Force Awakens they used AVCO, and it was after the Avco theatre in Westwood, California, where J.J. and I both went to see the original film all those years ago! It’s just so amazing that it came full circle like it did.
StarWars.com: It really is! Okay, so who was your favorite character back then?
Greg Grunberg: Han Solo! It was almost like he was begrudgingly going through the movie. It’s just a very relatable character; the guy who doesn’t want to do things by the book and who kind of just always gets them wrong but gets them right, you know, doing it his way. I just think Harrison Ford as Han Solo is brilliant and I immediately gravitated towards him.
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