Actress Indira Varma played the role of Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones. The end of this character generated a lot of debate, because in the series it was not possible to see what happened to him in the Red Fortress, so it remained an enigma that each viewer has solved in his own way. Indira Varma has also been part of the cast of the miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi, In the role of Tala Durith, an official of the empire stationed in Mapuzo who ends up changing sides before the tyranny of the Empire. The actress has talked a lot about her role in this spin-off of the Star Wars universe, has even come to compare their roles in this series and the popular Game of Thrones.
Indira Varma compares her roles in Obi-Wan Kenobi and GoT
For Indira Varma, forming part of the crew of a Star Wars production it has been something unique. Without detracting from Game of Thrones, in which she was for 13 episodes between 2014 and 2017, the British actress told The Hollywood Reporter the relevance that it has for her to participate in a franchise that has existed for 45 years. Varna wasn't too much of a Star Wars fan in her childhood, but that doesn't mean that her role has been very relevant for her professional career:
As a young girl growing up in England, I didn't feel particularly cared for by Star Wars because it was predominantly for boys. However, I liked Princess Leia because she had long hair and she wore those beautiful wraps.
Varma talks about the role of women and inclusion in Star Wars
Varma plays in this new miniseries Tala Durith, a disillusioned Imperial officer who uses her status to help the Jedi escape the Inquisitors. At first, the actress thought that her role could not be for her. However, she felt that his figure was going to continue contributing values to the franchise. Indira Varma believes Star Wars has improved over the years in terms of inclusion. Despite originally having a princess that had little to do with those of Disney, the actress believes that the two original trilogies by George Lucas had a lot of work ahead of them in terms of social inclusion, something that Disney is doing very well with its new stories. .
In his interview to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress also spoke about the racist attacks targeting Moses Ingram, the actress who plays Reva Sevander, the inquisitive villain of the miniseries. Varma compares the racist insults directed at her partner to those already received by John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Kelly Marie Tran after the new trilogy of films appeared. The one who played Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones believes that insulting any actor who is not a white man should be something of the past. Even Ewan McGregor himself had to speak about this phenomenon, who said that anyone who harasses an actor from the Star Wars universe is not a true fan of the franchise.