US EditionMatt Smith talks staying out of shape for Bunny Munro, euphoric Oasis concerts and which actress influenced his career
- Sky's six-part adaptation The Death of Bunny Munro premieres on Thursday 20th November 2025 on Sky and NOW, starring Matt Smith as Bunny Munro, a flawed father on a chaotic road trip after family tragedy.
- A longtime Nick Cave fan, Matt Smith said he had watched The Proposition and documentaries One More Time with Feeling and This Much I Know to be True, and called the book very 'brave' and original.
- Deliberately out of shape, Matt Smith stayed unhealthy to reflect Bunny Munro's lifestyle, while casting director Shaheen Baig chose nine-year-old actor Rafael Mathé for Bunny Junior.
- Between seasons of House of the Dragon, Matt Smith filmed Bunny Munro and three days later went to New York to shoot Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing; he is also cast in Star Wars: Starfighter with Ryan Gosling.
- With a scheduled release on May 28, 2027, Levy added his '10-year-old self is on set with every day' making Star Wars: Starfighter, which he said would not be limited by what came before.
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'Star Wars: Starfighter' director talks franchise references in his past work
"Every day it's hard as hell, but it's dream-come-true territory every day," Shawn Levy tells EW. Shawn Levy/Instagram Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray on the set of 'Star Wars: Starfighter'For Shawn Levy, the director who recently gave us Deadpool & Wolverine, "Star Wars has always been the defining influence on my filmmaking sensibility," he tells Entertainment Weekly. "It always was. It always will be."In his time-traveling sci-fi actioner The Ad…
Shawn Levy compares Star Wars: Starfighter to A New Hope - 'Something fresh, something new'
Director Shawn Levy has teased Star Wars: Starfighter will be "something new" for the franchise, and has said the 2027 blockbuster will feature the same "spirit of play and big-hearted adventure" as the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
Shawn Levy says Star Wars: Starfighter isn't a sequel or prequel to anything
Shawn Levy is currently filming Star Wars: Starfighter, and there has been considerable discussion about how the film fits into the franchise. While speaking with Collider, Levy confirmed that Starfighter is something new; it’s neither a sequel nor a prequel, but a completely standalone project. “Well, for one thing, it is different in that it is an all-new non-sequel, non-prequel adventure,” Levy explained. “It’s new characters, it’s a new time…
Star Wars: Shawn Levy Reveals What Movie Ryan Gosling’s Starfighter Is Most Like
Photo Credits: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) As filming continues on Star Wars: Starfighter, director Shawn Levy has favorably compared the Lucasfilm blockbuster to one of the most influential sci-fi movies of all time. What Star Wars movie is Starfighter most like? Levy’s latest Starfighter comments come from a recent interview he did with Collider to promote the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. When asked how Starfighter …
Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter Comments Are A Breath Of Fresh Franchise Air, And I Hope This Isn't Just An Exception
Shawn Levy teased how Star Wars: Starfighter is a wholly original story that's not connected to the main franchise, and I want more of this from Lucasfilm.
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