Moss tells PEOPLE how training for the Disney+ 'Star Wars' series reminded the actress of her hard work on 'The Matrix' filmsJP Mangalindan is a Senior Writer for TV at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in May 2023. JP's work has previously appeared in publications like, the actress, 56, spent five days a week for three weeks with a group of trainers learning “Force Fu” — a special form of Jedi martial arts using the Force — to convincingly portray Master Indara.
“I was a Scottish dancer, I played sports, so I had that in my muscle memory,” she tells PEOPLE, adding that she learnedfight choreography like a dance. “Basically, you're going to learn the first four beats, then the next four beats, then the next four beats. … They would videotape it for me as well, so I could go home and practice in my hotel room.
“When you actually shoot, it's a little bit easier than the training, because you are shooting it in such little pieces,” she explains. “Obviously, the pressure's on, but I like that pressure.”reminded Moss how much she “enjoyed” being a part of the onscreen action. “It felt pretty epic in the moment,” she admits.
“I had weight to lose, I had strength to gain, I had fights to learn, I had big scenes to mentally prepare for,” she toldin 2021. “For months leading up to it, it was a lot of physical work, to get into Trinity in a way that wasn’t me trying to be someone I used to be, and not trying to be 30, or trying to have the body I had when I was 30, and at the same time, being gentle with myself about that, too.