One of the most surprising and divisive moments in
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the shocking exit of Supreme Leader Snoke.
Fans weren't the only ones taken aback by the villain's demise, as Andy Serkis, who played Snoke
through motion-capture, recently admitted that reading the scene for the first time left him in a state of "semi-shock."
I was taken to my trailer on the lot at Pinewood Studios, where I was to read the script for the first time on a tablet. We were never handed printed scripts, and had to hand back the tablet as soon as we were done. I was swiping through the story, and landed on this epic scene, where Snoke is goading Kylo Ren to kill Rey, to fulfill his destiny. It was riveting, the tension building with each line. I just couldn’t work out where it was heading. And then as I swiped up … there it was. The end … not for Rey, not for Kylo Ren, but for the Supreme Leader … just gone.
The actor also admitted to USA Today that, not only did the character's death itself weigh heavily on him but also the pressures of keeping the secret:
I walked out of the trailer in a state of semi-shock, feeling the weight of knowing I would have to mask a great secret for a very, very long time and that my brother, a massive Star Wars fan, was going to be heartbroken.
Serkis has stated on multiple occasions that he did come around to the idea and loved the scene, though has admitted that he'd also love to return to the franchise as the Supreme Leader in the future.
What did you think about Snoke's demise when your first witnessed it? Has your opinion changed at all since then?