Ridley discusses her latest film Chaos Walking and returning to movie set after The Rise of Skywalker.
Am I ever going to work?!'"
Ridley remembers of that time.
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“I think it was just a classic actor neurosis.”
“I’m really nervous, but I’m equal parts excited,” Ridley says.
“The actual thought of being on a set is so strange.
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Some specifics onChaos Walkingare a bit hazy to her.
(Did she mention she made this movie four years ago?)
“He has many, many ideas,” she mentions of Doug.
It’s not exactly their fault.
The production proved to be a collaborative environment where Ridley had a voice in shaping the film.
“Our script supervisor was like, ‘Actors don’t do this,'” she says.
Viola is really quiet.
So, I was happy that they let me lean into that.”
It was a similar environment on the reshoots.
It really needs to be present, but it can’t overshadow everything else that’s going on.’
It’s definitely been creatively collaborative, and that’s been nice.
The reshoots, she adds, were “a blessing.”
She did additional photography onStar Warsand found this phase onChaos Walking"par for the course."
But now, it’s unclear where they’ll go from this point.
Now, it seems less likely, given the state of movies andthe abysmal early critical reception.
She looks back on the years of working on Star Wars as having “the best time.”
I’m basically always open to great things."
Ridley doesn’t know if her personal experience onStar Warstaught her how to navigate the industry moving forward.
When asked, she’s pauses for a moment.
The rebalance of how validated you are socially in whatever job you have."
