Star Wars Episode VII Adds Two New Cast Members

<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s two more due to board the Star Wars bandwagon come next year&period; Disney&&num;8217&semi;s announced that two new actors&comma; Crystal Clarke and Pip Andersen&comma; have been added to the cast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>American actress Clarke is currently studying in the U&period;K&period; Her first feature&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Moon and the Sun&comma;” will debut in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andersen&comma; a British actor and parkour practitioner by trade&comma; most notably showcased his more athletic skills in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;gNBRxgr9zZc">Spider-man themed ad for Sony<&sol;a> back in 2012 for The Amazing Spider-man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s unclear which roles the two newcomers will play&period; In November&comma; Disney did issue a casting call for two characters named Rachel&comma; a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;beautiful&comma; smart and athletic” 17- to 18-year-old woman&comma; and Thomas&comma; a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;handsome&comma; smart and athletic” 19-to 23-year-old man&period; Might it be them&quest; We&&num;8217&semi;ll have to see&comma; but they are the spitting images of those templates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05091906&sol;281x211&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignright wp-image-63272 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05091906&sol;281x211-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Pip Andersen Star Wars VII Bago Games" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Star Wars universe has always been about discovering and nurturing young talent&comma; and in casting &OpenCurlyQuote;Episode VII&comma;’ we wanted to remain absolutely faithful to this tradition&period; We are delighted that so many traveled to see us at the open casting calls and that we have been able to make Crystal and Pip a part of the film&comma;”<&sol;strong> Lucasfilm&&num;8217&semi;s president Kathleen Kennedy proudly stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That the two additions are relative unknowns isn’t a surprise based on Disney’s previous casting for the highly anticipated film&period; One of the leads&comma; Daisy Ridley&comma; has few major credits&comma; the most notable being a guest starring role on PBS show &&num;8220&semi;Mr&period; Selfridge&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and has only recently been given an <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm5397459&sol;">IMDB page<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05091859&sol;MV5BMTA2MjM2NzcxNDZeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDg2MjA1OTEx&period;&lowbar;V1&lowbar;SY317&lowbar;CR210214317&lowbar;AL&lowbar;&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-63273 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05091859&sol;MV5BMTA2MjM2NzcxNDZeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDg2MjA1OTEx&period;&lowbar;V1&lowbar;SY317&lowbar;CR210214317&lowbar;AL&lowbar;-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Crystal Clarke Star Wars VII Bago Games" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clarke and Andersen join Star Wars newcomers Daisy Ridley&comma; John Boyega&comma; Adam Driver&comma; Oscar Isaac&comma; Andy Serkis&comma; Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow&period; They will all be joined by Harrison Ford&comma; Mark Hamill&comma; Carrie Fisher&comma; Anthony Daniels&comma; Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew&comma; reprising their original trilogy roles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Principal photography is currently taking place at London’s Pinewood Studios following filming of what is believed to be the returning planet of Tatooine in Abu Dhabi in May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Star Wars&colon; Episode VII” remains on track for a <strong>Dec&period; 18th&comma; 2015 <&sol;strong>despite speculation that Ford&&num;8217&semi;s recent injuries could impact scheduling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon;<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;time&period;com&sol;2960410&sol;star-wars-episode-vii-adds-two-cast-members&sol;">TIME<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;