Daisy Ridley is gearing as much as reprise her function as Rey in a brand new “Star Wars” movie, and has revealed the storyline is “not what I anticipated.”
In an interview with Collider, Ridley reminisced about her shock look at London’s Star Wars Celebration in April, the place it was introduced that Rey would be the focus of the primary “Star Wars” function movie since 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.”
“I used to be shitting myself earlier than I went on stage, as a result of nobody knew I used to be going to that. No one knew I used to be going to Celebration, bar like Kathy [Kennedy] and there have been a few individuals,” Ridley advised Collider. “I used to be so nervous. Oh my God. It was such an exquisite reception.”
As for the plot of the brand new movie, Ridley teased, “I’m very excited. The story is de facto cool. I’m ready to learn a script as a result of, clearly, I don’t have every other updates. It’s not what I anticipated, however I’m very excited.”
The new “Star Wars” movie shall be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) from a script by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”). The film has beforehand been mentioned to comply with the occasions of “Rise of Skywalker,” centering on Rey as she builds a brand new Jedi Order.
Since Rey’s return was introduced, followers have been speculating if the brand new film will simply be a one-off, or if it might be the beginning of a brand new collection of movies within the “Star Wars” universe. When requested if she may see her subsequent film being the beginning of a trilogy, Ridley mentioned she’s solely conscious of 1 storyline to date.
“I do know the storyline for one movie. That’s to not say that that’s all it’s, however that’s what I used to be advised about. And I think about will probably be the following movie, I feel,” she mentioned. “I imply, once more, I don’t know, publish strikes and all the things, how shortly all the things will begin up once more. But sure, up to now, I do know the story of 1 movie and I feel individuals shall be very excited.”
