“House of the Dragon” Star Matt Smith Lands Villain Role Opposite Ryan Gosling in “Star Wars: Starfighter”
Matt Smith is going from Westeros to a galaxy far, far away.
The House of the Dragon star is joining Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter in a villain role. He’ll be sparring with Ryan Gosling, the film’s star, and Mia Goth, whose casting was announced this past June. Smith isn’t exactly new to the Star Wars franchise, however—he was considered to appear in J.J.
Horror Queen to Space Villain: Mia Goth Joins Ryan Gosling’s “Star Wars: Starfighter”
The news broke at the end of last week that rising star Mia Goth is joining Ryan Gosling in Star Wars: Starfighter. Goth’s current dance card is loaded with major movies—she’ll next be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, playing Victor Frankenstein’s (Oscar Isaac) fiané, Elisabeth, and after that, she’ll appear in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in an undisclosed role—so why not add a role as the villain in arguably the most iconic film franchise of them all?
From Barbie to Blasters: What to Know About Ryan Gosling’s Standalone “Star Wars” Film
Ryan Gosling is going from the world of Barbie and Ken to Leia and Kenobi.
With the Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo delivering a galaxy’s worth of news, including a new series from Lost co-creator Carlton Cuse and his son, Nick, a veteran of Watchmen and Station Eleven, it would require an interdiction beam (look it up, Star Wars nubes) to pull all the information together.
