Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 39 Things We Learned From The Director's Commentary
26. Vice Admiral Holdo
The first thing Johnson says about Vice Admiral Holdo is how great it was working with Laura Dern, "who, God bless her, didn't flinch when I said 'let's go with purple'."
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The character of Holdo evolved in editing and with pick-up shots. Originally she was much more of a "hippy dippy" character, the opposite of what you'd expect from a military leader type, but the initial take was "too much" and "a little too spacey."