While speaking with Variety about her new film ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’, talk briefly turned to her forthcoming Star Wars film for director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and as ever Daisy Ridley was straight to the point, believing that Sharmeen’s idea for the film is “cool as ****”
Variety: You’re reprising your role as Rey in a new “Star Wars” movie directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. How will the franchise’s first female filmmaker impact the series?
DR: The short answer is I don’t know. I’m excited to do the job, but not because Sharmeen is a woman. Her documentaries are amazing. Her idea for the story is cool as shit. No spoilers, but she gave me a rundown of the entire story. If it weren’t amazing, I would have been like, “OK, call me in five years.” But it’s worthwhile.
Variety: Will it be weird to make a “Star Wars” movie without your co-stars, Adam Driver, John Boyega or Oscar Isaac?
DR: No, because I don’t know what is what or who is who [in the new movie]. So much has happened for me [since the Skywalker saga]. I feel like a grown-up now. When I first started, I was, like, 20. I was the youngest on set. It took me the first two “Star Wars” films to feel worthy of being there. Now I’m in my 30s. The whole thing feels quite different. I’ve been able to work with other filmmakers, and hopefully, I’ve got better as a performer.
What direction could this film take that is so unique and different to what we’ve seen before? We’ll discuss that and more on episode 185 of Making Tracks coming next Tuesday, and don’t forget the 184th episode which arrived earlier this evening.
