Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley recently admitted that her post-”Rise of Skywalker” career has thus far been a bust. The final chapter of the “Star Wars” Disney trilogy came out last December and Ridley, just 28 years of age, admitted in an interview to EW “There were loads of things I auditioned for and I didn’t get any of them”.
Even though the Star Wars trilogy made Ridley a household name due to her portrayal of heroine Rey, she claims that she was in a panic because “nothing was coming through.” Adding, “I was like, ‘Aww! No one wants to employ me.'”
However, things began to, somewhat, pick up in recent months for the actress, as she landed a voice role in the Xbox and PC game “Twelve Minutes.” Yay? She also scored additional voice parts in “Baba Yaga,” an animated film for the virtual-reality Oculus Quest platform and also the original Audible series, “Islanders,” by playwright Elinor Cook.
Nothing to brag home about, but it’s a start.
Before getting the coveted “Star Wars” role back in 2014, Ridley only had short films and Australian TV shows under her belt. With the exception of the three SW films, the only other movies she’s played a significant part in have been 2017’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” and 2018’s “Ophelia” and “Peter Rabbit.”