Courtesy of Star Wars Underground we have some comments from Alan Tudyk, made at Fan Expo Canada, regarding his time on the upcoming Rogue One.
First, he explained why the production decided to make K-2SO a motion capture character, rather than a costume, saying, “He’s 7’1″ and his arms are really spindle-y, there was no way to do that as a suit”.
Tudyk, who is 6ft tall, had to wear stilts in order to play K2 during most of the shoot. However, there were times when this was not possible. “I was by cliff once and you can’t wear stilts there, because you’ll die if you make one wrong step,” Tudyk recalled. “So they had this backpack, which ended up being known as the backpack of shame…it had this head that was up where (K2’s) head should be.”
The “backpack of shame”, became a source of great entertainment for Tudyk’s co-stars. He recalled on particular exchange with Diego Luna, who plays Cassian Andor. “The first time I wore it he goes, ‘Alan, it is terrible what has happened. Everyone respected you just a moment ago, now they just feel sorry for you. Could you please take that ridiculous backpack off, it is upsetting the entire crew.'”
He also praised the creature and make-up team working on the Star Wars films. “You see the most amazing make-up and creature creations,’ Tudyk told the audience. “You’re like this is the most amazing alien I’ve ever seen and then they just walk behind you casually in the scene. It’s like a walking action figure!”
