--- title: The Last Jedi Star Calls Out Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers description: Last Jedi star Domhnall Gleeson has some strong thoughts on the backlash Kelly Marie Tran received for her role in the Star Wars franchise. canonical: https://time.com/5400611/domhnall-gleeson-on-kelly-marie-tran/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-19T16:27:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:32.571Z og:title: 'The Last Jedi' Star Calls Out Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers og:description: In five definitive words og:url: https://time.com/5400611/domhnall-gleeson-on-kelly-marie-tran/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in THE LAST JEDI. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'The Last Jedi' Star Calls Out Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers twitter:description: In five definitive words twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Last Jedi_ Star Calls Out Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers in Five Definitive Words > Sponsored content. 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Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 19, 2018 4:27 PM UTC [_The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/5061707/star-wars-the-last-jedi-review/)star [Domhnall Gleeson](http://time.com/4974228/domhnall-gleeson-goodbye-christopher-robin/) has some strong thoughts on the [backlash Kelly Marie Tran received](http://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/) for her role in the [_Star Wars_ franchise](http://time.com/5045736/upcoming-star-wars-movies/). During an interview with [HeyUGuys](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2jXtsIZXdy6uAjEg1zyMYg) for his movie _The Little Stranger_, Gleeson—who plays General Hux in the _Star Wars_ sequel trilogy—called out Tran’s harassers for subjecting her to months of sexist and racist comments. Tran wiped [her Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kellymarietran/?hl=en) in June amid reports of extensive online persecution. “People having an opinion about the film is absolutely fine. You pay your money, and you’re allowed to have an opinion and you’re allowed to like it or dislike it.” he said. “The stuff with Kelly was bulls—. That’s a different thing all together, so those people are just morons. Those people are a—holes. That’s a different level of stuff. You don’t buy that when you buy your tickets.” Glesson also spoke out in support of the [_New York Times_ op-ed](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/movies/kelly-marie-tran.html) in which Tran, the first woman of color to appear in a lead role in a _Star Wars_ movie, reflected on her decision to delete her account. “I thought the piece she wrote was amazing and I’ve got huge respect for her,” he said. “I thought she dealt with it as classily as an unclassy situation can call for.” Watch the clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5400611/domhnall-gleeson-on-kelly-marie-tran/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5400611/domhnall-gleeson-on-kelly-marie-tran/"},"headline":"The Last Jedi Star Calls Out Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers in Five Definitive Words","datePublished":"2018-09-19T16:27:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:32.571Z","description":"Tran wiped her Instagram in June amid reports of extensive online persecution","url":"https://time.com/5400611/domhnall-gleeson-on-kelly-marie-tran/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars","Star Wars: The Last Jedi"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in THE LAST JEDI.","caption":"Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in The Last Jedi","creditText":"Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5400611/domhnall-gleeson-on-kelly-marie-tran/","name":"The Last Jedi Star Calls Out Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers in Five Definitive Words"}}]}] ```