Daisy Ridley with VERY surprising comments concerning her career after Star Wars trilogy

Between 2015 and 2017, Daisy Ridley starred in the biggest movie franchise in history, Star Wars.

The British actress was cast in the main role of Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and reprised it in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

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The second two movies proved polarising among Star Wars fans, but Ridley's performance as Rey was considered to be a highlight of all three films in the trilogy. You would be forgiven for thinking that, after leading that trilogy, the offers would have been flooding in for the actress, but she has surprisingly revealed that wasn't the case.

"There weren't that many offers coming in," she said at SXSW in Texas.

"It's not that there wasn't any... I remember finishing and thinking, 'Oh, it's quiet and strange.'

"It was a very strange time to sit with the quiet and, honestly, grieving a time of my life," Ridley added, in reference to the Covid Pandemic.

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In April of 2023, it was announced that Rey would return in a new movie directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

"So I thought about it for a little bit, and once I knew what the story was and everything, I knew it was something I really wanted to do," Ridley told AlloCine.

"I think it’s a really fantastic exploration of the 'Star Wars' world. It’s a really cool way of taking the story on in a bit of a different direction."

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Ridley previously admitted at being "petrified" at the prospect of returning as Rey, who proved a popular character among Star Wars fans during the sequel trilogy.

"When I was at Sundance, I did not know ... I had a breakfast with Kathy (Kennedy, Disney executive) that I thought was just breakfast," she told The Hollywood Reporter.

"And then it was mentioned, so I thought about it. I loved the story, and I was like, ‘Okay.’ Things then happened quite quickly, and it felt like I was instantaneously on a stage being introduced by Sharmeen.

"It honestly took me back to being 20 or 21, however old I was, when (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) was announced. I was petrified, I was overwhelmed, I was really nervous but the response was really wonderful."