The Acolyte is not a horror sequence, however Jodie Turner-Smith might have turned her daughter off for good with the trailer for her upcoming Disney+ sequence.
Turner-Smith sat down with ET to talk concerning the new sequence set in the Star Wars universe, throughout which she recalled introducing her 4-year-old daughter — Juno Rose Diana Jackson, whom she shares along with her estranged husband, Joshua Jackson — to the primary full-length take a look at the Leslye Headland-created TV present.
“She really has been launched to Star Wars and… she actually likes to take heed to tales and she or he loves motion pictures; she’s like absolutely indoctrinated into Disney at this level,” Turner-Smith tells ET’s Ash Crossan. “There may be this actually cute cartoon Disney cartoon, Star Wars: Younger Jedi Adventures, [and] she loves it. And in order that was really form of her introduction.”
Though Juno was “already in” the Star Wars fandom, she wasn’t fairly ready for her mom’s newest mission.
“I did make the error of exhibiting her the trailer and she or he was like, ‘Scary!’ I used to be like, ‘Sorry,'” the 37-year-old confesses. “That was in all probability dangerous parenting. However [Young Jedi Adventures] was her introduction, so Disney, please rent me to be the voice actor for [the series], thanks! I must make one thing that my daughter can watch.”
Described as a “mystery-thriller,” The Acolyte takes viewers right into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and techniques and rising dark-side powers within the last days of the Excessive Republic period with the story of a former Padawan (Amandla Stenberg) who reunites along with her Jedi Grasp (Lee Jung-jae) to analyze a sequence of crimes however discovers the forces they confront are extra sinister than they ever anticipated.
Together with Turner-Smith, Stenberg and Jung-jae, the sequence’ forged consists of Manny Jacinto, Dafne Eager, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Carrie-Anne Moss, Margarita Levieva and Joonas Suotamo.
When ET spoke with Turner-Smith about her position throughout the Star Wars Celebration 2023 in London, England final April, she was so excited to discuss being a part of such an enormous, lasting franchise.
“I am like, ‘I am in f**king Star Wars,'” the British actress exclaimed, relieved that she will be able to lastly speak about being a component of the Disney+ present. “Like, folks saved asking me about it earlier than… I am like, ‘No, I am doing this superb mission with actually nice artists and a director I like and actors I am obsessive about.'”
It is like, ‘OK I am making this story and it is concerning the story and it is excellent right here.’ And you then come right here [to the Celebration] and you are feeling the vitality of the followers and it is like… I imply, you understand how many occasions I’ve put my coronary heart and soul right into a mission after which no person noticed it?” Turner-Smith added.
“So, to place my coronary heart and soul right into a mission and have it’s held so intimately by so many individuals is, like, wild. And I am actually grateful for that,” she continued.
Over a yr later, Turner-Smith and Henderson inform ET that they nonetheless cannot reveal a lot concerning the sequence, which is able to premiere on the streamer on June 4. However what they will share is that The Acolyte will look at the Jedis from a brand new perspective.
“Others really feel that solely the Jedi ought to wield the Pressure and so, right here you’ve a gaggle of people who find themselves simply looking for their lifestyle and so they problem the binary — this concept of the sunshine aspect and the darkish aspect that they do not match into in any respect,” Turner-Smith shares. “However what do folks do when somebody or one thing challenges the sunshine inside you? They attempt to destroy it, feeling that that may defend them, ? So it is all only one huge misunderstanding.”
Henderson chimes in, saying that the Jedi are nonetheless seen as a pressure of excellent throughout “a time of peace.”
“[But] one thing is going on that has shaken them up. It has been a time of peace for thus lengthy and so they’re making an attempt to comprise what’s taking place in addition to they understand how,” she provides.
“But it surely additionally represents that any establishment must be questioned when examined, and held accountable,” Turner-Smith gives. “I believe that is one thing this present is form of pointing to, that we should look at our establishments.”
The Acolyte premieres on Disney+ June 4.
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