Rosario Dawson explains how fan-casting got her Ahsoka Tano's role in 'The Mandalorian'

Rosario Dawson me her debut in Star Wars franchise as Ahsoka Ta. She appeared in Mandalorian season 2 Chapter 13: Jedi, directed by Dave Filoni. actor received praises for her performances. w she reveals how fan casting led to her actually playing character.

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Rosario Dawson reveals how fan-casting led to her role as Ahsoka Ta

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Rosario Dawson was asked how she was cast as Ahsoka Ta in Mandalorian. She said that at first it actually came from fans online. actor mentioned that someone tweeted to her and fan-cast her as Star Wars character. She retweeted back and was like, “Absolutely, yes please” and “#AhsokaLives.” Dawson stated that her reaction apparently got attention of someone who has been doing Star Wars press for years. She forwarded news to director Dave Filoni. actor ted that she was like, “Oh my goodness, did I just get fan-cast in something?” but thing happened initially.

Talking about incident, Dave Filoni mentioned that fan-casting im was first time he looked at Rosario Dawson. He disclosed that he thought maybe she would make a good Ahsoka Ta. filmmaker asserted that he just kept loosely aware of what actor was up to, and she was doing some Marvel things, referring to her appearance as Claire Temple in Daredevil series. Filoni stated that he h seen her interviewers where she talked about wanting to play character and her excitement was interesting to him.

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Dave Filoni unveiled that when fan-casting rumours were making rounds, Rosario Dawson was t cast in character. He mentioned that he was trying to figure out how to move ahe with his part of Mandalorian and he brought up Ahsoka Ta with creator Jon Favreau. Filoni stated that Favreau asked him who he has in his mind and he named Dawson as top choice. filmmaker asserted that show creator replied, “I kw her!” and thing took off immediately.

Rosario Dawson ded that people have been fan-casting her on all kinds of things, like She-Hulk and ors. And she always just thinks it is really fun because she gets to see herself in different kinds of art. actor stated that but n she got a FaceTime call from Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. She recalled that y were building out Mandalorian, and she got to have a behind--scenes look at visuals and concepts from what y were planning on doing with second season.

Dawson mentioned that it all happened when season one was about to arrive. makers h her in concept art as Ahsoka Ta and were alrey been prepared on what y wanted to have from her in next season. She asserted that y h been visualizing her in role that whole time, and it was mind-boggling for her.

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