With Star Wars: The Last Jedi just two sleeps (or at least excitement-fuelled sleepless nights) away, tonight (December 12) has seen London's Royal Albert Hall host the movie's European premiere.
Digital Spy bumped into Rose Tico actress Kelly Marie Tran on the red carpet, where we chatted about the incredible experience of being in a Star Wars movie.
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Asked for a stand-out anecdote, she replied: "I think every anecdote is a stand-out when you're doing a Star Wars movie... but there is one moment I really remember.
"It was when John Boyega and I were shooting a scene, and after we finished the take, he turned to me and said, 'Kelly, we're making history'. And I was just like, 'We are! We are!'"
Not all scenes are equal, though, and Kelly told us about one that didn't make it to the final cut.
"There is this amazing scene where John and I are on a ship, and my character, there's a jolt and my character hits the wall and falls on the floor," she explained.
"But it got cut because of the rhythm of the film."
Ah well – but the good news is that we may get to see that scene one day on a DVD or Blu-ray, as Rian Johnson told us: "We have so many deleted scenes. As big as this movie is, it started even bigger, and it's not just little shots of people walking down hallways.
"We took out whole sequences that are going to be on the Blu-ray. The movie as it's cut now is the best version of the movie – I would never do an extended cut. But we're going to put the deleted scenes on the Blu-ray for people to see."
The red carpet premiere for The Last Jedi is happening at the time of writing, and Digital Spy is there bringing you all the news live, so do check that out.
And you can also read our totally spoiler-free review here.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is released in cinemas on December 14 in the UK (just over a day away!) and December 15 in the US.
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