Almost five years after The Rise of Skywalker, Daisy Ridley will return to Star Wars with a new film focused on Rey.
Participating in a franchise like Star Wars is usually synonymous with a promising career in Hollywood, or at least to be minimally noticed in the industry for future acting jobs.
However, Daisy Ridley recognizes that her time in the galactic franchise has not brought her as much fame as she expected and, after the release of The Rise of Skywalker in theaters, she barely had any job offers for films o series.
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“There weren't that many offers coming in. It's not that there weren't any… I remember finishing and thinking, 'Oh, it's quiet and strange.'“explains the actress in a panel at SXSW (via Variety).
Part of that stoppage was due to the coronavirus pandemic, which broke out around the world at the beginning of 2020 and shortly after the release in theaters. The Rise of Skywalkerso Hollywood was not there at that time to propose job offers to anyone.
“So it was a very strange time to sit in silence and honestly grieve a moment in my life,” Ridley adds on the subject.
Daisy Ridley returns once again to Star Wars
After a long break in her career, the actress has emerged again in recent years with films such as Chaos Walking or The Daughter of the Swamp.
What's more, for this year he has several premieres scheduled in movie theaters with Young Woman and the Sea, Magpie and Cleaner, in addition to other projects for the coming years.
But if there is something highly anticipated among his upcoming films, it is his new Star Wars feature film focused on Rey whose working title is New Jedi Order and will deal with how Daisy Ridley's character plans to once again restore the Jedi Order.
At the moment not much is known about Daisy Ridley's new project in Star Wars beyond the fact that It is scheduled to be released in theaters in 2027.so we have to wait for more information to be revealed about the continuation of the galactic franchise on the big screen.