How the Skeleton Crew kids “became friends” on the set of the Star Wars series

The four young actors in the cast spent a lot of time together in the galaxy far far away. To the point of forging strong bonds between them. Actress Kyriana Kratter tells us.

While Jude Law just took a hand in Skeleton Crewthe four children of the new series Star Wars form a united front against him. The gang led by Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) remains the main asset of this fun adventure in the stars, mixed with the Amblin spirit of the 1980s.

Moreover, the production ensured that the children in the cast knew their classics well, before starting filming: “The first day we met, we rewatched The Goonies and ET together“, the actress tells Première Kyriana Kratterwho plays KB. “We sat in the production classroom and the four of us watched it. It was a lot of fun.”

A good way for little ones, aged around twelve at the time, to get to know each other. It's not easy to find a place in the vastness of a film studio, especially when you're just a toddler with little experience. “Generally speaking, I love filming with other kids. Because we can share our experiences together”takes up the little girl, who revealed herself in another Disney series, Camp Kikiwaka. “It's a really comfortable atmosphere. There is still this work atmosphere, but we have friends with us, which makes it warmer, more reassuring too.”

Today, Kyriana is very good friends, in the city, with Ravi Cabot-Conyers (Wim), Robert Timothy Smith (Neel) and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Fern). “It's easy to become friends in these conditions“, she assures. “We spend so much time together that we quickly become close“She tells us that the gang of four”made music“between takes and during makeup,”we were singing the musical Hamilton at the top of our lungs!”

Above all, the production of Skeleton Crew took great care to cast compatible profiles, capable of developing a certain chemistry off camera, to better transcribe it in front. “Because you don't cast a child to play a role. We cast a child for what he is“, summarizes the director Jon Watt for Première, remembering advice given to him at the time by Richard Donner, the director of Goonies. Clearly, the Amblin magic will only work if osmosis within the cast of kids already exists behind the scenes. So Disney organized “a whole bunch of activities“, so that the four young actors establish links”even before filming started“, developed Kyriana Kratter.

“They wanted us to get to know each other. We went bowling together, we had movie nights… And since the end of production, we have remained very close. It's not easy, because that we're all scattered all over the place, but we manage to make it work. We call each other a lot, we play Roblox together, and besides, we're planning to go to an amusement park soon. all together.”

We imagine that they will be welcome at Disneyland… Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will continue next Wednesday on Disney Plus.