In March 2014, actor Dominic Monaghan said that Abrams was looking for three unknown actors to play the leads in The Force Awakens and that rumors of bigger-name stars were untrue.
I marts 2014 sagde skuespilleren Dominic Monaghan i et interview, at Abrams var på udkig efter tre ukendte skuespillere til hovedrollerne i Episode VII, og at rygterne om større stjerner var usande.