Jeremy Allen White has broken his silence on his Star Wars casting in The Mandalorian & Grogu. He'll voice Rotta the Hutt, the son of Jabba the Hutt from the original trilogy.
"It was exciting. You know, it’s funny, I met Jon Favreau, who directed the film and the series prior, and I’ve been such a huge fan of Jon’s for a very long time, and so we talked about movies and I asked about Swingers," White said during an appearance on Good Morning America, referring to the 1996 comedy written by and starring Favreau.
"And he said, 'Would you like to come in and maybe talk to me about doing a voiceover for Star Wars?' [I said] 'I love Star Wars, I’d be so happy to,' and then, in the moment, almost, I discovered the weight of the character I was voicing."
He's all grown up in The Mandalorian & Grogu, though, as revealed at this year's Star Wars Celebration, and the character is set to be something of a prize fighter – i.e., more muscular than his father...
"It’s been a fun process. I came in to do the voice, they hadn’t filmed the movie yet," he continued. "Then they made the movie, I came and did more, I’ll probably have to do a little bit more. I spoke to Pedro [Pascal] the other day, and I think he was doing some more work in the booth and seeing more of the film. I’m very excited to take my kids to see that one. I think it’s gonna be really fun."
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