In its isolation that may seem like a rather ungenerous statement, but read further and you will see that Frida Gustavsson, moving on from her modelling career into acting, auditioned for the role of Rey in The Force Awakens. As the Vikings: Valhalla actress explains, she was far from ready.
“That was kind of in the death part of my modeling career. [Laughs] I was still living in New York. I had a modeling agent who was amazing at IMG Models, and she knew that I was kind of on the way out I think she wanted to help me facilitate the bridge and, of course, the first audition she comes up with is Star Wars…I think I did a decent enough job, but I was not prepared to do something of that scale and I’m incredibly glad that I didn’t end up getting it now because I would have absolutely tanked it. But it’s double, you know? In a way, I was like, wow, it’s incredible to get to read text of that quality and to work at that level, or to try to work at that level so soon. But also, it’s quite interesting when you approach it totally green and totally fresh, and you don’t really realize how big it is to get to do something like that and who the people on the other side of the self-tape are.”
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