ROGUE ONE actor Jordan Stephens reveals that he did not reprise his role as Corporal Tonc in ANDOR as he was asked to cut off his dreadlocks to ensure his appearance looked “realistic.”
“In Rogue One, I'm wearing a helmet the whole time. So I was like, yeah I've got locks but who cares, just put me in a helmet [again]. Well, we're going to shoot scenes of the army training. We're going to be training so we're going to need you in traditional army attire, including your hair. And if you have locks, I don't think it'd be realistic'.
I was like, you're talking about an intergalactic space war with giant slugs and swords made of light, and you're worried about a soldier having dreadlocks? On principal... the cognitive dissonance was too difficult to handle. The idea that someone would watch and say 'oh, well he's got dreadlocks so it's obviously not real'... what is going on? It's absolutely insane."
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