New Scene Revealed

Today Collider got a sweet phone interview with Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield. Asa talks about the physical demands of shooting the zero-gravity scenes, his audition process and more. In part of the interview he sheds light on a scene that doesn’t come from the book. Read below:

Did you have any scenes that were your favorite to shoot or that you’re looking forward to seeing on screen? Butterfield: One scene that I really remember is a scene with me and Hailee (Steinfeld). We’re in the Battle Room. She’s hit her head on one of the floating objects. I’ve jumped out … I’ve disobeyed my orders and jumped out to catch her. When I hit her, we start spinning. Of course, in zero gravity, there’s nothing to slow you down. We’re just rotating in mid-air for like an endless amount of time just hanging on. To imitate this, they had this thing they called the “hamster wheel” which me and Hailee were both strapped to. We’re holding hands, facing each other and they rotated us doing front flips over each other pretty much. Meanwhile, we’re acting out lines; it was hilarious. Not only did we get really dizzy but it was really funny to do.

Asa also has something really interesting to say about Ender’s relationship with Mazer Rackahm, played by Sir Ben Kingsley.

I think Graff (Ford), who’s used to being in control of things and the powerhouse, is almost overrun by Mazer’s influence on Ender, so it’s a really interesting dynamic between my character, Harrison and Sir Ben in those scenes.

Many thanks for the editors over at Collider for asking the questions fans want to hear, and for the tip! Read the full interview with Asa Butterfield over at Collider.