Appearance: Young woman.
Can you be more specific? Brown eyes and hair, 5ft 7in, arms, a nose.
Age: Unknown.
Surely she knows? She probably does, yes. But the internet can only say "early 20s".
Why would the internet be interested? Because she has just been cast in the new Star Wars movie, Episode 7. All the other actors were in previous Star Wars films, or have some track record. There's John Boyega off of Attack the Block. Adam Driver off of Girls. Max Von Sydow off of basically everything. But Ridley is almost unknown.
Great night last night at the Mr Selfridge wrap party! @daisyjazz #MrSelfride #thatsawrap #party pic.twitter.com/4laV7K0MUp
— Sophia Carr-Gomm (@SophiaCarrGomm) October 20, 2013Almost? She did have a part in Silent Witness once. And she was in a Wylie video. And a short film, and a couple of other bits and pieces. Her showreel was removed from Vimeo shortly after the Star Wars announcement, her Twitter account has been disabled, and her agent isn't sharing anything else, although we know that she sings jazz. And that she is British.
Cool! So what character is she going to play? Unknown.
Stop saying that! Some people must know. Well I imagine the cast do, and JJ Abrams, the director, along with Disney, the studio, and various other people … It's just that they aren't telling us yet.
The devious swine! Don't they realise how excited and yet frustrated this makes me? I suspect they do. In the meantime there is just some very ingenious speculation.
Precis it for me. Well, in the black-and-white cast photograph released on Tuesday, Ridley is sitting between Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, which might be a clue that she will play a descendant of Han Solo and Princess Leia, who finally got together in part VI.
Might, yes. Also, might not. Or there have been rumours …
People on the internet making things up? Probably. Anyway, there have been rumours that Obi-Wan Kenobi might have had a daughter while he was in the process of changing from Ewan McGregor into Alec Guinness. Ridley's agent's website lists her with a London accent, and no mention of an American one, so perhaps that might be where she slots in?
Are accents inherited genetically then? Or maybe she grows up in a kind of space-England? I think you're taking this much too seriously.
Do say: "Luke, I am your great-niece."
Don't say: "The force is with who?"
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