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STACK chats with DeWanda Wise about j joining the Jurassic franchise in the final chapter, Jurassi Words Glenn Cochrane icking up where Fallen Kingdom Po Jurassic World Dominion is the most outlandish instalment of the entire franchise, uniting original cast members with the fresher-faced youngsters, as well as introducing some new and exciting characters to push the finale into uncharted waters The most exciting character to enter the story is Kayla Watts, an intrepid pilot and smuggler working for BioSyn, who finds herself on the right side when she's swept up in a quest to save Maisie Lockwood from the evil clutches of Lewis Dodgson, BioSyn's misguided upon being cast, she is quick to share her mastermind. enthusiasm. STACK caught up with the effervescent “I'ma thespian!" she declares with a belly DeWanda Wise to discuss bringing Kayla to life laugh. “I read the books, | saw the movies,’ adding that she took inspiration from Michael Crichton's second book, The Lost World. “Kayla was actually Sarah Harding's characterisation in the book, and | was largely inspired by her can-do attitude. She is such the hero of that story, and so much of Kayla is her” Julianne Moore portrayed Harding in Spielberg's Jurassic Park: The Lost World, and Wise was very aware of the series’ strong female lineage. “In the same way that Ellie Sattler [Laura Dern] has really changed a and the experience of stepping into the final chapter of a hit franchise. With a burst of laughter, Wise admits that she hadn't seen the Jurassic Park movies. “You know, | don't think | was seeing many movies in theatres at that age, and if | was, it was films like FernGully. But when | saw [Jurassic Parkl as an adult, | was like, ‘yeah this is why my mom didn't allow me see it, because it was terrifying." When asked if that meant bingeing all five previous movies FEATURE MOVIE DINO MORE OTe ea PTO TOME ST Sec CLUES OTE aspect of this extended cutis an all-new prologue set 65 million years Ee UTS rR Ln ECT Om eM CACC ae SES this his most personal moment in the ACerS SUC final battle more profoundly. “| really feel like I'm there on the PPAR Ce un) PUES WUE Sci RUC ane eile CCC On CRON Sure TTC Cee eens eae tt eta Chau De CTU Uy into the extended cut include a Pee cumieict cut id Pee Cen recast nin Kayla at the Dino Market, ECU OLE Retcncen eee cak lic and the raptors, and more Meet pene EU oes to Tan re cath generation and ushered in and botanists into the field, Kayla can also, potentially, inspire a new generation of women who see themselves as pilots.” On developing her character with director Colin Trevorrow, she says, “I'm a nerdy, old-school theatre actor and | know what it means to construct a character that creates impact. So, everything about Kayla was super-meticulous. From the costume and hair, to the swagger. Even those superficial elements tell you what you need to know immediately. And the thing that was most important to me about her character was just how capable she was and that the audience felt like she has a degree of ease” Kayla Watts is presented as an Indiana Jones/Han Solo type, with a well-worn leather bomber jacket and the attitude of a woman who has seen the world at its worst. She brings a breath of fresh air to the Jurassic universe and has the potential to take the saga into a whole new world. “| appreciate that,’ she humbly replies. " feel like the more people who put that out into the ether, the closer it is to another trilogy becoming a reality. | love playing her and there's a lot more to explore.” more female palaeontologists
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