Another week, another new tease for star Daisy Ridley about the upcoming Rey-centric Star Wars movie, and her excitement is reaching new levels.
With work on the script slowing down, Ridley isn’t shying away from questions about her future as Rey Skywalker in the Star Wars sequels. Just less than two weeks ago, she teased a “different direction” for the franchise that her movie would represent, and now she’s using more colorful language to help explain how excited she really is about the project.
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The indie drama Sometimes I Want to Die (Can Contact) opens in theaters tomorrow and she’s been promoting it lately. Now it was Variety’s turn to chat with her, and naturally her Star Wars return came up toward the end of the interview. Of the story being produced by two-time Academy Award winner Shamaine Obaid-Chinoy, she said: “I’m excited to be doing this job, but it’s not because Shamaine is a woman. Hers The documentary was great. Her idea for the story was so cool. No spoilers, but she gave me a synopsis of the whole story. If it wasn’t so great, I would have said, “Okay, call me in five years.” “But it’s worth it.”
Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) is writing the script after Damon Lindelof (The Last of Us) and Justin Britt-Gibson left the project. It’s unclear whether Star Wars sequel co-stars John Boyega (Finn) and Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) will return for the new film, but given his open The ending (and the one related to force) should at least be close to the former. The character arcs in The Rise of Skywalker are.
Ridley tried to sidestep the question of whether her co-star would return, but explained that this new shoot could be a very different experience for her: “There’s a lot going on for me. [since the Skywalker saga]. I feel like an adult now. When I first started shooting, I was about 20 years old. I was the youngest on set. It wasn’t until I saw the first two Star Wars movies that I felt like I deserved to be there. Now I’m in my 30s. The whole thing feels very different. I’ve been able to collaborate with other filmmakers and hopefully I’ll get better as a performer. “
There’s a lot of Star Wars coming out in the near future. On the film front, Lucasfilm is gearing up for Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian vs. Grogu movie as well as a major theatrical event directed and written by Dave Filoni. Additionally, Dawn of the Jedi, which was previously rejected by the producers of Game of Thrones, is being developed into a standalone movie by Indiana Jones and Dial of Fate filmmaker James Mangold. The Disney+ slate is also already full, with the final season of The Bad Batch set to premiere next month.
