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She just leaped off the page totally obviously.
I knew her intimately.
Thats such a joy, for an actor, where you go,Ah!
So theres a kind of great comic tension in Eedys neediness.
I dont know why, but it just kind of went in another direction.
Of course, once I got involved, I started catching up.
Not as much as I wouldve liked to.
Thats for various reasons.
My husband was very ill and then passed away.
But whats been amazing is being told by people, This is really special.
People really, really like the series, and its nice to hear that.
A lot of people have said, I recognize Eedy.
This is a pop in of woman I have seen in the world.
I guess thats how it works: You cook with different ingredients.
Thats one thing we said with Kyle: Wed laugh at her obsessive, oppressive need to control him.
But, at the same time, you understand it.
Shes probably a thwarted woman herself, and shes overcompensating with her son.
I read Eedy as being born somewhere other than Coruscant, away from the center of the galaxy.
Or maybe from a different economic class than the one shes in now.
And then, on set, he wouldcompletelytransform into this thwarted, frozen person.
It was really quite miraculous to film.
What impressed you about Kyle as a thespian?I think its that: his complete transformation on set.
It was almost like a shock.
He just totally transformed.
He wanted it to be about real people rather than ideas or epic things.
He was really invested in the detailed psychology of people.
He gave something more about the character in every conversation, and thats a gift for an actor.
And yet there was this strange delight at,Were making a movie!You know?
It was quite a surreal and wonderful time.
So it was a challenge, but everybody was on board.
You have a lot of experience in Shakespeare.
Is there a Shakespearean character that leaps to mind when you think of Eedy?Not immediately.
Woody Allen kind of Whaddaya talkin about?
irony that Lady Macbeth doesnt have.
Its a joy to come back to.
