Willow: Ruby Cruz & Dempsey Bryk on Taking Inspiration From Their Characters’ Parents
37High fantasy is a genre that has fascinated audiences for decades, and continues to do so with its promises of adventure, magic, and worlds we can hardly fathom for ourselves. With the popularity of shows like House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, audiences have any number of chances to be swept away into beautiful, magical worlds filled with adventures beyond their wildest dreams, an escape from reality that never grows old.
But there’s one particular project that’s making a return to the scene, that is sure to fascinate children and families alike during the holiday season: Willow. Nearly thirty-five years after the original film premiered in theaters, Lucasfilm is taking audiences back to the kingdom of Tir Asleen (and the lands beyond!) for an all-new adventure in their upcoming series, which follows the titular Nelwyn sorcerer (Warwick Davis) as he joins a new band of adventurers in an effort to save the son of Queen Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) and protect the now-grown Elora Danan, the future empress of Tir Asleen, from sheer destruction. But, just as before, things are never as they seem, and Willow and his new friends must fight tooth and nail to save those they care about from the forces of darkness.
Collider was excited to sit down with series stars Ruby Cruz and Dempsey Bryk, who star as the children of Queen Sorsha and the warrior Madmartigan: Kit, a headstrong and fierce warrior who’s determined to discover why her father disappeared, and Airk, a prince with his head in the clouds who finds himself in serious danger. During this interview, they discussed working on the show and looking to their characters’ parents for inspiration, as well as what it was like for Cruz to play a bonafide Disney princess, and what they hope audiences take away from the series.
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