Brian Herring
Actor

Brian Herring Net Worth

Brian Herring is an actor, miscellaneous crew, and writer who is best known for his work on the Star Wars franchise, including Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Than Luc Thuc Tinh (2015), as well as Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He has been working in the entertainment industry for over a decade and has established himself as a talented and versatile performer.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer
First appearance Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Created by J. J. Abrams (sketcher) Christian Alzmann (concept designer) Jake Lunt Davies (concept designer) Neal Scanlan (creature shop's head) - Joshua Lee (creature shop's animatronic designer) Lawrence Kasdan (writer ep. VII) Michael Arndt (writer ep. VII)
Portrayed by Dave Chapman (puppeteers) Brian Herring (puppeteers)
Voiced by Ben Schwartz (English dubbing) Bill Hader (modulated via synthesizer)
Species Robot
Occupation Astromech droid
Affiliation Resistance

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Famous Quotes:

We haven't even seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens but we (as in: humanity) don't need to in order to know that BB-8 is the break-out star. This soccer ball that thinks it is a robot is a masterpiece of evocative design that instantly evokes a galaxy far, far away. You see BB-8, even if only in silhouette, and you immediately think Star Wars. Rey and Finn and Poe’s little pal is a hint of the continuing universe that will unfold with The Force Awakens, and a promise to fans that the filmmakers of the new films have a deep understanding of what makes Star Wars fun and mythic.

Biography/Timeline

2013

In August 2013, The Force Awakens Cinematographer Daniel Mindel and Episode VIII Director Rian Johnson each stated that The Force Awakens Director J. J. Abrams would use little computer-generated imagery (CGI) and more practical, traditional special effects in order to recreate the visual realism and authenticity of the original Star Wars film. To that end, the droid BB-8 was a physical prop developed by Disney Research, created by special effects Artist Neal Scanlan and operated live on set with the actors. Seven BB-8 puppets were constructed for filming. The most prominent was a rod puppet, controlled by puppeteers Dave Chapman and Brian Herring. In addition, there were several radio controlled units and some static prop versions. A fully functioning, self-contained robotic unit was not practical for shooting, so most of the "walking" scenes were achieved by the puppet, with rods removed in post production. Later a self standing remote controlled unit was constructed and used at promotional events.

2014

BB-8 was first seen in the 88-second The Force Awakens teaser trailer released by Lucasfilm on November 28, 2014. Its name was revealed by Entertainment Weekly in a Lucasfilm-designed Topps-style trading card mockup in December 2014.

2015

BB-8 appeared with several other Force Awakens characters on the December 2015 cover of Rolling Stone, and alone on the cover of the December 18, 2015 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. The droid was also featured alone on one of two alternate covers of the December 14, 2015 issue of Time (the other cover featuring R2-D2). This was the first time the magazine has offered two covers for editions worldwide. The Time cover Photographer, Marco Grob, said, "The moment you meet BB-8, you almost build some form of weird human connection. It has this really cute way of looking at you."

2016

Other BB-8 merchandising includes household items, luggage and bags, a life-size plush, a Lego Star Wars playset called Poe's X-wing Fighter, Hasbro's Star Wars: The Force Awakens Takodana Encounter set, and other action figures and other toys. The Lego versions of Poe and BB-8 have also appeared in the 2016 short form animated series Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises, and the short Poe Dameron vs the First Order Snowspeeder.

2019

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that "no one can steal a scene from BB-8". The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy explained that the droid "serves as a welcome robot reboot from the sidelined (but hardly vanquished) R2-D2", and Emily Asher-Perrin of Tor.com described BB-8 as "the perfect Hybrid of R2-D2 and WALL-E". Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty called BB-8 "that rolling gyroscopic weeble that, if possible, may out-cute R2-D2". Ann Hornaday wrote in The Washington Post that "BB-8, a roly-poly little Wall-E of a creature, rolls, beeps and blinks with such puppy-ish charisma that R2-D2 and C-3PO might want to call their agents to make sure they’re in the next installment. Stephanie Zacharek of Time also praised BB-8:

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