This is the Rey as Daisy Ridley will be battling terrorists on the Shard in London in Bond director Martin Campbell’s new action thriller Cleaner, which will see the once and future Rey Skywalker as a former soldier turned window cleaner who takes on the baddies in Londons tallest building.
Campbell’s film is titled Cleaner, and while that sounds like a biopic of ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’ singer George Formby, it actually stars Ridley as ex-soldier turned window cleaner Joey (this, apparently, is a thing) who’ll battle a batch of eco-terrorists in present-day London, while simultaneously sticking it to the world’s most egregious corporate pollutants. Oh, and it’s largely set to take place 90 stories up in the air, on The Shard’s gleaming glass surface.
In an exclusive Deadline report, Campbell states: “Cleaner is a nail-biting thriller, unique and original in both its characters and its setting. Much of the film takes place on the side of the Shard – hundreds of feet up in the air – and I want the audience to be up there with Joey in a stomach churning, vertiginous experience. There isn’t a more instinctive and powerful actress than Daisy right now to help us do just that. The majority of my movies have been thrillers and Cleaner is one of the best I’ve ever read.” Big words, from the man who successfully rebooted Bond – twice!
Sounds like fun, and here’s hoping Greg Davies has a co-starring role.
- Hardcover Book
- Blake, Olivie (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 592 Pages - 08/29/2023 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)
