Benicio Del Toro Confirms His STAR WARS EPISODE VIII Villain Role



It's been previously reported that actor Benicio Del Toro was being looked at and possibly in talks to be cast as a villain in STAR WARS EPISODE VIII (see story link below). Well he has finally confirmed it in a new interview at the Spanish website Rac1.org, via StarWars7News.

Interviewer: And are you going to shoot something after that? 
Benicio Del Toro: No, just… *pause* Star Wars is coming up, we will see how that turns out. I think we start shooting in March. 
Interviewer: And what’s your role in this new Star Wars chapter? 
Benicio: Ehhh…. the thing is…. They don’t let me talk too much about it, I’m like the villain.

So there you have it, Del Toro is a villain in STAR WARS EPISODE VIII and he starts filming his scenes in March 2016.

STAR WARS EPISODE VIII releases on May 26, 2017.