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Parappa09
08/28/20 4:49:00 AM
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Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley reveals that for a time after The Rise of Skywalker came out last December she couldnt catch a cold: There were loads of things I auditioned for and I didnt get any of them.

The Star Wars trilogy made Ridleys one of the most recognisable faces on the planet as her insignificant character, Rey, became crucial to the destiny of the galaxy through her connection to the Force.

You might think that the film world would be at her feet. Ridley, 28, told EW that was far from the case and she began 2020 in a panic because nothing was coming through.

It was so sad to finish [Star Wars], she said. When the film was released, I was like, Oh my God. It was such a huge chapter. And, weirdly, the past few months of not having much Obviously now its really nice to be working, but not having much [at the time] I feel like I processed the last five years. To be forced to slow down, it was good mentally for me because it was a big thing in my life.

Ridley explained that before she achieved this state of calm, she was panicking about working again. Weirdly, at the beginning of the year nothing was coming through, she said. I was like, Aww! No one wants to employ me.'

She added: There were actually loads of things that I auditioned for at the beginning of the year and didnt get any of them. I had that moment of Oh my god! and then just thought everything in its right time.'

Things began to pick up for her just before the pandemic led to the industry shutdown. She got a call about a time-loop video game, Twelve Minutes, a voice role co-starring with James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe.

Twelve Minutes mind bending concept revolves around a husband (McAvoy) who witnesses his wife (Ridley) get attacked by a stranger with a gun (Dafoe) who breaks into their apartment. The man bears a grudge against his wife and the husband is forced to relive the 12 minutes on a loop until he can figure out the mystery and prevent it from happening.

The Xbox and PC game Twelve Minutes will be published by Annapurnas video game division.

Elsewhere things were beginning to heat up for the London actress, despite the lockdown. She scored more voice parts in Baba Yaga, an animated film for the virtual-reality Oculus Quest platform and also an original Audible series, Islanders, by playwright Elinor Cook.

There have been [other] awesome things, said Ridley, and obviously no one knows when theyre gonna go.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2020-08-27/star-wars-daisy-ridley-offers-stopped

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Turtlebread
08/28/20 4:51:05 AM
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star wars curse

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KamenRiderBlade
08/28/20 4:51:36 AM
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Turtlebread posted...
star wars curse
She'll end up with a Voice Acting career like Mark Hamill.

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Trelve
08/28/20 5:09:11 AM
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Turtlebread posted...
star wars curse
Were Harrison Ford and Ewan McGregor the only ones to escape from it?
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Wii_Shaker
08/28/20 5:10:00 AM
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Trelve posted...
Were Harrison Ford and Ewan McGregor the only ones to escape from it?
Warwick Davis.

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The_Creep_2020
08/28/20 5:11:03 AM
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Trelve posted...
Were Harrison Ford and Ewan McGregor the only ones to escape from it?
Liam Neeson, maybe?

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Looked gf
08/28/20 5:16:31 AM
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Turtlebread posted...
star wars curse


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rexcrk
08/28/20 5:29:40 AM
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Say what you will about the character, story direction, whatever, but shes legit a great actress.

Such a shame. She has a nice voice though so if she did more voice work like Mark Hamill that wouldnt be too bad (though I doubt shes a versatile as Mark).

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trappedunderice
08/28/20 5:35:49 AM
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KamenRiderBlade posted...
She'll end up with a Voice Acting career like Mark Hamill.
Excuse me? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0vzRdR1w4sQ
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St0rmFury
08/28/20 5:37:10 AM
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Hayden did pretty well after SW
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scar the 1
08/28/20 5:38:13 AM
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Poor Daisy. It's not her fault Abrams turned the whole trilogy into dogshit

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TheoryzC
08/28/20 5:40:11 AM
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She was supposed to be in a movie with Tom Holland awhile back

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SolidShadow3
08/28/20 5:42:42 AM
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Trelve posted...
Were Harrison Ford and Ewan McGregor the only ones to escape from it?
Samuel L. Jackson
James Earl Jones

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Southernfatman
08/28/20 5:52:04 AM
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scar the 1 posted...
Poor Daisy. It's not her fault Abrams turned the whole trilogy into dogshit

This, but throw Rian Johnson in there too. Disney itself is to blame really for their lack of focus and planning.

Ridley deserves better.

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scar the 1
08/28/20 5:58:41 AM
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Nah RJ did amazing and Ridley was great in his movie

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andri_g
08/28/20 6:00:23 AM
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The_Creep_2020 posted...
Liam Neeson, maybe?
He was a well-established dramatic actor before SW TPM. He played a lot more action movie roles after SW TPM.

Also, Natalie Portman. She landed roles in a wider variety of films after the SW PT.

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ReignFury
08/28/20 6:02:54 AM
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Shes a bland, vanilla actress. On the plus side she is young and pretty, but her face is unfortunately the face of the Star Wars that people hate.

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Crazyman93
08/28/20 6:03:56 AM
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Turtlebread posted...
star wars curse
Came to say basically this. I mean, I can name a total of five people in Star Wars whose careers didn't tank from being in it
  1. Harrison Ford
  2. Liam Neeson
  3. Natalie Portman
  4. Kiera Knightly (actually Star Wars was a major break for her, especially since she only got the part for looking like Portman)
  5. Samuel L. Jackson
Everyone else, especially leading roles had their careers tank. Hayden Christinsan retired from acting, and I can't name one other thing Carrie Fischer ever did.

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ReignFury
08/28/20 6:03:59 AM
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andri_g posted...
He was a well-established dramatic actor before SW TPM. He played a lot more action movie roles after SW TPM.

Also, Natalie Portman. She landed roles in a wider variety of films after the SW PT.

Portman massively improved as an actress, maybe this is what Ridley needs to do.

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Parappa09
08/28/20 6:05:40 AM
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ReignFury posted...
Shes a bland, vanilla actress.
i agree with this, although she is a great person

her acting is meh. i feel she was at her best with TRoS

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NeonOctopus
08/28/20 6:08:42 AM
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Trelve posted...
Were Harrison Ford and Ewan McGregor the only ones to escape from it?
One person from each trilogy always does. I guess Adam Driver escaped it from this one.

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UnholyMudcrab
08/28/20 6:17:24 AM
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ReignFury
08/28/20 6:17:43 AM
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NeonOctopus posted...
One person from each trilogy always does. I guess Adam Driver escaped it from this one.

Driver is far more talented (than Ridley) and Kylo is not his career defining role. He has been nominated twice for acedemy awards, two golden globes, two baftas, four emmys and a tony.

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NeonOctopus
08/28/20 6:24:39 AM
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I never heard of him until Star wars >_>

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SomeLikeItHoth
08/28/20 6:26:28 AM
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Terrible actress from a terrible franchise finds it tough to get work. Shocker.

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Jagr_68
08/28/20 6:28:21 AM
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I had to IMDB her work and yeeeeah it more or less matches up with early Mark Hamill post-ROTJ. She's beautiful and she can act, but she lacks something (idk what) and that's probably why she isn't getting tasty drama roles she'd expect after finishing a giant tentpole movie.

Bigger shame is that John Boyega had big potential but also vanished like a mofo although he's looking at being an activist right now.

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DrizztLink
08/28/20 6:36:07 AM
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Crazyman93 posted...
I can't name one other thing Carrie Fischer ever did.
You never watched The Blues Brothers?

C'mon son

And I think Alec Guiness might count.

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Parappa09
08/28/20 7:52:52 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Adam Driver doesn't seem like he's hurting for work
he's a srsly good actor

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kuwab0
08/28/20 7:54:36 PM
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KamenRiderBlade posted...
She'll end up with a Voice Acting career like Mark Hamill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EMDGS1NqL0

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Cleo_II
08/28/20 7:55:09 PM
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Her acting was pretty mediocre. She seemed to just have the same frowny face plastered in every movie.
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ScazarMeltex
08/28/20 7:56:13 PM
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SolidShadow3 posted...
Samuel L. Jackson
James Earl Jones
Both stars before the movies.

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Big_Nabendu
08/28/20 8:22:03 PM
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Maybe if she had a bigger booty

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3PiesAndAFork
08/28/20 8:24:46 PM
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wonder how much she got paid for the trilogy.

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Poop2
08/28/20 8:26:59 PM
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The_Creep_2020 posted...
Liam Neeson, maybe?
all 3 were established before the series

the SW curse only effects new actors
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Weezy_Tha_Don
08/28/20 8:33:00 PM
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was Natalie Portman big before Star Wars?

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K181
08/28/20 8:34:24 PM
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Hasn't the pandemic put the kibosh on starting any new movie projects? Kind of hard to get roles when almost nothing has been starting up.

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HylianFox
08/28/20 8:35:07 PM
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I guess nobody wants a dollop of Daisy

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ledbowman
08/28/20 8:38:31 PM
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bye piano looking ass

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creativeme
08/28/20 8:40:19 PM
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think it could be her asking price? some of them might have wanted to go with someone less known so they don't have to pay as much.

also that game she's in sounds pretty interesting. like a mystery/puzzle game. hopefully it turns out well.
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masticatingman
08/28/20 8:40:31 PM
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I mean, actresses have a shit time of it no matter what. Theyre heavily looked at for roles with specific age/looks wants.

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HylianFox
08/28/20 8:40:35 PM
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Crazyman93 posted...
and I can't name one other thing Carrie Fischer ever did.

DrizztLink posted...
You never watched The Blues Brothers?

C'mon son

I was gonna say, Fisher was in 'Blues Brothers' at least

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HylianFox
08/28/20 8:41:44 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Adam Driver doesn't seem like he's hurting for work

yeah, and I think Oscar Isaac is also in a few other films as well

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Irony
08/28/20 8:42:45 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
was Natalie Portman big before Star Wars?
Yes

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IShall_Run_Amok
08/28/20 8:45:11 PM
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That's a shame, there's absolutely nothing wrong with her performances in the movies. The industry is lame.
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Adam Driver doesn't seem like he's hurting for work
Driver was already an up and coming actor with some successful films in his repertoire, and kept it up while he was playing Kylo Ren (in fact, one of his two upcoming films was delayed *because* Driver was doing Star Wars). His reputation among filmmakers is clearly well established.

DrizztLink posted...
And I think Alec Guiness might count.
I think that Guiness being one of the greatest living actors in the world for over a quarter of a century before he stepped into the robes might have something to do with that.

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SSJGrimReaper
08/28/20 9:04:31 PM
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I'm surprised out of the new cast that she's the one not really getting work

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andri_g
08/28/20 9:13:46 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
was Natalie Portman big before Star Wars?
She was in Leon: The Professional (her first film), Heat, and Mars Attacks!... before filming for Ep.I began.
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HylianFox posted...
yeah, and I think Oscar Isaac is also in a few other films as well
The Nativity Story (saw it in theaters, lol), Drive, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Ex Machina... before filming for Ep.VII ended.
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Edit: These are *iirc* time windows. I only saw TNS during its original theater release.

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Poop2
08/28/20 9:16:02 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
was Natalie Portman big before Star Wars?
Yes she was very well known
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