- auditioned for Star Wars in the same week that she won her Oscar
- didn't know she was auditioning for Star Wars, just knew it was for J.J. and a "big movie"
- gave her a substitute script, not the real one.
- was told it was a motion-capture role and she was interested in it
- had to wear more than 125 dots each time she filmed
- couldn't take them off when eating so she had to eat them and have them put new ones on
- the dots capture her expression
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