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“J.J. basically told me it was an intense, heroic, dramatic character and he hadn’t seen me do that,” Isaac says. Nevertheless, he hesitated. “I didn’t know if I could make it interesting,” he says. “I didn’t know why me and not anybody else.” Only after flying home and thinking it over for a few days did he decide to take the plunge.

Abrams was delighted. “Oscar is a far more sophisticated actor than one might get for a role that could be looked at as just a daring, kick-ass pilot,” he says. “But I needed a great actor—not just a great-looking guy who also acts.”

Oscar Isaac’s interview for GQ