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.
U ožujku 2014. godine glumac Dominic Monaghan izjavio je da redatelj Abrams traži troje relativno nepoznatih glumaca za glavne uloge u Sila se budi te da su glasine o poznatim glumcima bile netočne.