It’s already been established {that a} pocket of toxic Star Wars fandom is rooting for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s movie exploring the New Jedi Order to fail. However the star of the primary Star Wars characteristic to be directed by a girl—Rey Skywalker herself, Daisy Ridley—is right here to remind followers to keep culture wars out of Star Wars.
In an interview with Variety, Ridley was requested how “the franchise’s first feminine filmmaker [will] affect the sequence,” a query she’s possible going to get bored with answering earlier than the film’s nonetheless far-flung launch date. The truth is, she sounds a bit weary of it now: “The brief reply is I don’t know. I’m excited to do the job, however not as a result of Sharmeen is a girl,” Ridley defined. “Her documentaries are wonderful. Her concept for the story is cool as shit. No spoilers, however she gave me a rundown of the whole story. If it weren’t wonderful, I might have been like, ‘OK, name me in 5 years.’ Nevertheless it’s worthwhile.”
The commerce adopted up the “feminine filmmaker” query with one about Ridley heading to the galaxy far, distant with out her male co-stars Adam Driver, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac—assuming (presumably?) that none will pop up in Obaid-Chinoy’s movie. “I don’t know what’s what or who’s who [in the new movie],” Ridley stated, earlier than turning the query round to deal with her personal development as an individual and as an actor. “A lot has occurred for me [since the Skywalker saga]. I really feel like a grown-up now. After I first began, I used to be, like, 20. I used to be the youngest on set. It took me the primary two Star Wars movies to really feel worthy of being there. Now I’m in my 30s. The entire thing feels fairly totally different. I’ve been capable of work with different filmmakers, and hopefully, I’ve obtained higher as a performer.”
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