Highlights
- Taissa Farmiga, an accomplished actress, and longtime Star Wars fan, revealed that she lost a role in the post-Disney acquisition Star Wars Cinematic Universe because she wanted it too badly and struggled with a cold read audition.
- Despite the missed opportunity, Farmiga has had a successful career, including notable roles in American Horror Story and the Nun franchise.
- Farmiga still can be a part of the new Star Wars universe, as Disney continues to focus on their internally controlled IP and with the success of Star Wars: Ahsoka on streaming.
Taissa Farmiga recalls losing a Star Wars franchise role after breaking a long-standing auditioning tradition of hers.
Star Wars is the foremost franchise in all of science fiction. While the franchise’s canon grew vast and intricate, most entries were rendered obsolete after Disney acquired Star Wars franchise custodian Lucasfilm and started a new canon, relegating everything not explicitly brought into the fold to the non-canon Legends continuity. Despite its age, the franchise has kept a massive fanbase of new fans and those who grew up with the IP.
One such longtime fan of the Star Wars franchise is accomplished actress Taissa Farmiga, Hollywood star and sister of fellow performer Vera Farmiga, star of The Conjuring and the Disney Plus series Hawkeye. Speaking to Josh Howoritz on an episode of his Happy Sad Confused podcast subsequently uploaded to his YouTube channel, Taissa Farmiga revealed that she failed after she auditioned for a role in the post-Disney acquisition Star Wars Cinematic Universe for a unique reason. Discussing how she never went into an audition with any expectations, Farmiga clarified that there was one exception. “I mean, I think that Star Wars was probably the only one where I was like ‘wow’ ‘did they like it?’ ‘what’s going on?’” the actress confessed. “Because again, another thing I grew up with was Star Wars. I loved playing… Star Wars: The Old Republic video games with my brother growing up and… that was my thing.”
“I know at that one audition, I didn’t do so well because I wanted it so badly. So that’s why I try to keep my expectations… I couldn’t do it! It was also hard because those auditions were- it was one of the few times that I had to do a cold read, where they didn’t send you the materials before,” Farmiga added. “You can get there an hour ahead of time, and usually, I’m good at memorizing lines like, it goes quick and easy, but I was just like ‘oh, this would be so cool.'” While she wasn’t successful on that occasion, Farmiga has still had a stellar career, most notably being an important face on American Horror Story, playing the role of Sister Irene in the Nun franchise, and voicing Raven in animated DC projects for many years.
While she might have missed that opportunity, Farmiga could still find a place in the new Star Wars universe. Disney is focusing on their internally controlled IP as part of their new content strategy, with Star Wars: Ahsoka doing numbers on streaming, and one Star Wars movie is still alive amid the strikes organized by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
Star Wars content is available for streaming on Disney Plus.
Source: Josh Horowitz/YouTube
