Episode 4 of Skeleton Crew brings the French film legend to Star Wars

It contains the following Spoilers For Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Season 1, Episode 4, “I can’t say I don’t remember in Atlin.”

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Episode 4 Once again, Jude Na Nood (Jude Law) and his crew transport the teenage outcast to a new planet, where we meet enough new faces that they’ll have a chance to make an impact. One of the main characters on the ring planet, At Achrann, is Troik clan member Hayna (Hala Finlay), who quickly gains Neal’s (voiced by Robert Timothy Smith) respect and anti-violence streak. While Finlay has a few good projects on her acting resumemovie fans might perk their ears up even more when they see her father, Troika leader General Strix.

If the Strix looks familiar, you probably paid attention to world cinema in the 1990s and 2000s. The role of the general who is fond of training child soldiers is played by none other than three-time César Award-winning actor and director Matteo Kassovitz. Seeing a name like Kassovitz appear in an episode directed by the Daniels (“Everything Everywhere at Once,” “Swiss Army Man”) reminds us of directors’ history of deploying some truly inspired casting choices for viewers, and it will be interesting to see what If “Skeleton Crew” intends to use this character more in the future.

Although you may not be able to relate thanks to the grizzled features and impressive beard of Matthew Kassovitz in his role in “Skeleton Crew,” chances are the movie you know best is Jean-Pierre Jeunet. French independent romantic comedy “Amelié” (2001). In the film about an eccentric café waitress (a career-making performance by Audrey Tautou), Kassovitz plays Nino Quincampoa, a mysterious passport photo booth repairman who eventually turns out to be Amelie’s soulmate. This, of course, is just one touchpoint in Kassovitz’s long acting CV that includes projects such as Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005) and Robin Williams’ war comedy-drama Jacob the Liar (1999). As a director, it is likely his most famous work “Hatred” also known as “La Haine” is a popular 1995 social thriller film starring Vincent Cassel, which was written and directed by Kassovitz..

Although he’s primarily known for his work on artistic and more serious projects, “Skeleton Crew” isn’t as big a departure in Kassovitz’s career as you might think. In fact, he has been known to occasionally take on a major science fiction project. He had small roles in Luc Besson’s “The Fifth Element” and “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” and he also wrote and directed Vin Diesel’s 2008 sci-fi film “Babylon AD.”

New episodes of “Skeleton Crew” are released weekly on Disney+.