100-year-old comedy icon Mel Brooks had a “big influence” on the upcoming Spaceballs sequel , according to star Daphne Zuniga.

Zuniga, 63, famously played Princess Vespa in the original 1987 Star Wars parody . She is set to reprise her role in the new film, alongside Bill Pullman as Lone Starr and Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet.

Pullman’s son Lewis joins the cast, alongside Josh Gad and Keke Palmer.

During a Melrose Place panel at 90s Con, per People , Zuniga revealed that Brooks shot his scenes for the sequel ahead of the rest of the production.

“We filmed Spaceballs: The New One that Mel Brooks worked with the writers on. He’s a big influence in it,” she said. “He filmed his part already before we shot.…