Description
Dryden Vos is a ruthless crime lord who serves as the public face of Crimson Dawn, while secretly answering to Maul. Although he shows good manners, he can kill anyone who displeases him without warning. [10] Bettany described him as a "sociopath" [11] and gangster with an "entrepreneurial spirit" [12] who is "really good at hurting people", has "no foibles" [9] [11] [12] and "demands tribute". [7] [8] [11] [12]
Dryden is stationed in his own luxury yacht First Light, [10] [13] where he hosts parties attended by socialites and high-ranking officials. [13] He keeps a collection of rare artifacts and memorabilia from across the galaxy in his office, [6] [14] many of which reference past Star Wars stories. [14] Vos is a practitioner of Teräs Käsi, which he taught his lieutenant Qi'ra, and wields a pair of Kyuzo petars, a double-bladed dagger, [15] which Bettany described to be "kind of little knuckle-duster lightsabers". [9] Another notable feature of Vos is his facial scars, which flush when he is angry. According to Ron Howard, Bettany's performance had inspired these visual effects:
The idea that the facial striations would intensify and diminish depending on his mood came after the [shoot] because Paul's performance was so mercurial and interesting in the way he would flare up and then be charming. That was suggested a little bit in the script, but mostly generated out of Paul's creativity. He was also so handsome and charismatic that we wanted to make him a little scarier, and actually went back and added the scene where you can see him hands-on killing a governor [...] He's like one of those animals that changes colors and can't help it, like a mood stone. [16]
