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Daisy Ridleyis looking out for the future cast of theStar Warsfranchise.
The actress — who starred inThe Force Awakens,The Rise of Skywalker, andThe Last Jedi— is sharing advice for other franchise actresses, and encouraging them to stay away from the dark side of feedback.
“The world is a crazy place,” Ridley toldVarietyat theSundance Film Festival. “It’s important to tune out the stuff.”
“Not just withStar Wars, but with everything,” Ridley continued. “You try and be in the moment and enjoy what it is because life moves quickly.”
“Everyone knows how things are and how they can be,” Ridley said about the huge public reaction to appearing in theStar Warsfranchise in the age of social media. “We’re all living in that, with people saying more than they need to and commenting more than they need to. It’s so individual.”
Her advice: “Find the good in it all and enjoy it.”
“Amandla Stenberg can handle herself,” added Ridley. “She’s been working for a long time. I sat next to someone at theWakanda Foreverpremiere, an executive, and they said [The Acolyte] is amazing.”
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Ridley’sStar Warstrilogy wrapped in 2019. More recently she’s focused on other projects like her latest filmSometimes I Think About Dying. The actress promoted the movie at Sundance, which also stars Bree Elrod, Brittany O’Grady.
“I knew we made a good movie, but it was strange,” Ridley toldVarietyof the film. “When you know what’s coming, it’s like, ‘How are people going to receive this?’ It was nerve-wracking for me because my storyline is away from the laughs, so I hoped people would still be into it.”
Despite Ridley’s warnings about the pitfalls of appearing inStar Wars, the franchise universe continues to grow — as does the number of stars wanting to appear in it.
Back in September,Christian Baleelaborated in aHollywood Reporterdiscussion about hislong-held desireto become involved — even if it meant playing aside character who essentially already existsin the series.
“All I ever wanted inStarWarswas to be in aStarWarsoutfit and hit my head on a door or something as I walked through,” Bale said, referring to a background actor dressed as a Stormtrooper hitting his head on a door frame in the 1977 film.
“The real nerds who watchedStarWarsway too many times always knew about that one scene. I wanted to bethatguy. That was it,” Bale said.
At the time, Bale explained that he knew Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy and was deep in his fanboy era as a kid. “But look, if I’m fortunate enough to be more than that, oh man, yeah. What a delight that would be. I’ve still got the [action] figures from when I was little,” Bale said.
source: people.com
