It's been confirmed that Nick Frost (Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy) will be in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, voicing a droid that the four kid main characters find. Named SM-33, this droid is very much evoking the pirate vibe that's been a big part of the promotional material so far. But is that the only character that Frost is playing?
While promoting his newest horror film, Get Away, Frost spoke in a long interview with The Hollywood Reporter about his career. Of course, Skeleton Crew came up where he said something of note. Frost said:
"I got a message from Jon Favreau to say just, ‘because you’re a robot doesn’t mean that you can’t appear somewhere as yourself.'"Nick Frost
Does this mean that Frost will play more than one role? Probably, though, I don't expect it to be anything more than a cameo. I want to make it clear that I am 100% speculating. However, this point caught my eye and is interesting to think about.
It's normal for Star Wars actors to play multiple roles. Warrick Davis, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, and Ahmed Best are just a few in live action who have portrayed more than one character in a galaxy far, far away. Even John Williams stepped into a cameo in The Rise of Skywalker. This doesn't even include the plethora of Star Wars voice actors who have been in multiple shows. Some like David Tennant have moved back and forth between live action and animation, though in Tennant's case, he's only played Huyang.
Though, there could be a world where Frost plays a major supporting role in live action outside of SM-33, because he's only voicing the droid. He could end up being Star Wars' next Glup Shitto or spinoff hundreds of theories. We'll have to wait and see!
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew arrives on Disney+ on December 3.