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Domhnall Gleeson has been immortalised as one of the most notorious villains in the

franchise, but the actor is now admitting that he considered turning down the role.

The 34-year-old Irish actor returns for his second outing in

as General Hux, Kylo Ren\'s double-dealing arch-nemesis within the First Order\'s high command.

on Wednesday (December 13) that his early brush with fandom playing Bill Weasley in the

films made him think twice about working on

"I think everybody is [unsure], really," he admitted. "It\'s not like I didn\'t want to be in it. I wanted to do the job, but I was a little bit concerned about the impact it would have on my life.

a tiny bit, right at the end of that, and things changed a little bit in terms of being out and about.

], but then I read it and I was really good. I just decided I didn\'t care anymore."

His candid comments come on the same day as Daisy Ridley acknowledged on

"I didn\'t feel as comfortable going into it because the first one had just come out and it was nuts," she explained to host Lorraine Kelly. "I was like, \'Ah I don\'t know how to do this again!\' Like I don\'t know what I did first time round.

"But I think that by the end of it, I was like now I have a sense of her, which was great. Right at the end of it."

is getting very positive reviews from critics and fans alike… aside from a few minor complaints.

is in cinemas across the UK tomorrow (December 14) and in the US on Friday (December 15). Watch director Rian Johnson chat with Digital Spy below:

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