Why Daisy Ridley agreed to come back to make Star Wars
The English actress, who currently plays Miss Fran in the cinema, reveals to us what pushed her to come back, after the trying trilogy of the 2010s.
It was still a surprise! When Disney and Lucasfilm announced their plans for the saga last year Star Wars coming up, no one thought Rey was going to be a part of it. And yet, five years later The Rise of Skywalker, Daisy Ridley will be back in the Far Far Away Galaxy, in what will be a direct sequel to the last trilogy. A Star Wars pure juice, which will tell how Luke’s student will try to rebuild the Jedi Order, after the fall of the First Order.
The 31-year-old Londoner had distanced herself from blockbusters in recent years and seemed to opt for a career in independent cinema, like her lovely performance in The Dream Life of Miss Fran, directed by Rachel Lambert and currently in cinemas. A turn then a surprise U-turn, in the direction of Star Warsand this despite the criticism, sometimes harsh, suffered during his decade playing Rey.
But Daisy Ridley we assure us: today she sees the glass Star Wars “half full” !
She tells us: “Since the last Star Wars, I’ve done a few indie films, some bigger than Miss Fran, films of all sizes, in fact. They come out in scattered order. The actress immediately admits: “I hadn’t planned to make another Star Wars, but I thought about this film like any other: do I like the project, the script and the people I’m going to make it with? ?The idea of this new episode is very exciting so I’m happy to be part of it. This is what I want to do in my career: act in films that are not alike, work with filmmakers who are very different from each other. others.”
Exactly, Star Wars will be the first opus of the saga to be directed by a woman, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, which could have weighed in the balance. The script will be signed Steven Knight. Release planned for May 20, 2026 in theaters.
