Warwick Davis
‘Willow’ Star Warwick Davis Took Inspiration from Mark Hamill’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Performance
[This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Willow.] It’s been 34 years since Warwick Davis last played the Nelwyn sorcerer Willow Ufgood, but now he’s back to lead a new generation of heroes on another world-saving adventure in the Disney+ series Willow. Davis first joined the Lucasfilm family as Wicket, the courageous […]
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Ron Howard, ‘Willow’ Team on Rebooting ’80s Film for Disney+ Show: “George Lucas Had Always Believed It Should Be A Series”
In 1988, Jonathan Kasdan watched the fantasy adventure Willow for the first time at Westwood’s Regency Village Theater with his father and Star Wars screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Thirty-four years later, Kasdan — now co-writer and executive producer of the series reboot of the original film — returned to the very same theater on Tuesday for […]
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‘Willow’ Film Writer Says TV Reboot’s Process Had “More of a Corporate Feeling” Than Movie
The screenwriter of the original Willow film is reflecting on the process of making the movie, along with opening up about ways in which working in the writers room of the new Disney+ television reboot didn’t feel as freeing. Willow, the tale of a humble farmer enlisted to go on a quest to save the […]
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‘Willow’ Review: Warwick Davis Returns in Disney+’s Good-Enough Sequel Series
Davis' big-hearted aspiring magician is back for a new fantasy adventure featuring a grown-up Elora Danan and new threats.
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New ‘Willow’ Trailer Arrives at D23 With Christian Slater Added to Cast
Lucasfilm brought Willow to D23 on Saturday, with Warwick Davis and the rest of the cast in toe to show off a new trailer for the series. Actor Christian Slater was a new addition to the cast announced at the Anaheim, California, convention. Slater noted he was surprised by how much improv happened on the […]
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