Eman Esfandi always knew he would end up playing adult Ezra Bridger on Ahsoka.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Esfandi revealed a bit about his early audition process and why he quickly realized the Disney audition was for Ezra’s live-action debut. Attributing it to a well-reasoned “hunch,” he “emailed my agent and manager six months prior to my audition and was like, “Hey, when they cast for Ezra Bridger, I’m going to play him. So use these pictures.” And then, six months later, they were like, “Hey, we think this [audition] is the [Ezra] role.” And I was like, “Oh, this is him. Cool.”” One standout detail, Esfandi added, was how the character went by the name Riz, stating, “I was like, “Okay, they’re probably looking for someone who looks like Riz [Ahmed].” So we were all pretty sure that it was him. We were like, “Yeah, that’s got to be Ezra.”Along with Ezra, Ahsoka saw the live-action debut of multiple Rebels protagonists opposite series lead Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), including Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), and Chopper. The remaining Rebels cast member Zeb briefly appeared in The Mandalorian — with Steve Blum returning as Zeb’s voice — but never cameoed in Ahsoka. Other returning characters included Hayden Christensen as a The Clone Wars-era Anakin Skywalker and Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn (having voiced Thrawn in Rebels’ final season), while Ray Stevenson and Ivanna Sakhno played Ahsoka’s original anti-villains Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. While it remains unclear how Ahsoka will continue Baylan’s story following Stevenson’s death, showrunner Dave Filoni acknowledged they’re “in a wait-and-see pattern” but praised Stevenson for what he brought to the character.
Eman Esfandi always knew he would end up playing adult Ezra Bridger on Ahsoka.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Esfandi revealed a bit about his early audition process and why he quickly realized the Disney audition was for Ezra’s live-action debut. Attributing it to a well-reasoned “hunch,” he “emailed my agent and manager six months prior to my audition and was like, “Hey, when they cast for Ezra Bridger, I’m going to play him. So use these pictures.” And then, six months later, they were like, “Hey, we think this [audition] is the [Ezra] role.” And I was like, “Oh, this is him. Cool.”” One standout detail, Esfandi added, was how the character went by the name Riz, stating, “I was like, “Okay, they’re probably looking for someone who looks like Riz [Ahmed].” So we were all pretty sure that it was him. We were like, “Yeah, that’s got to be Ezra.”
Along with Ezra, Ahsoka saw the live-action debut of multiple Rebels protagonists opposite series lead Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), including Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), and Chopper. The remaining Rebels cast member Zeb briefly appeared in The Mandalorian — with Steve Blum returning as Zeb’s voice — but never cameoed in Ahsoka. Other returning characters included Hayden Christensen as a The Clone Wars-era Anakin Skywalker and Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn (having voiced Thrawn in Rebels‘ final season), while Ray Stevenson and Ivanna Sakhno played Ahsoka‘s original anti-villains Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. While it remains unclear how Ahsoka will continue Baylan’s story following Stevenson’s death, showrunner Dave Filoni acknowledged they’re “in a wait-and-see pattern” but praised Stevenson for what he brought to the character.
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