This MCU Actress Was Almost Cast As Rey In Star Wars
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Part of the big push in the sequel trilogy was to cast more diversity in its cast. However, when it came to the part of the trilogy’s main protagonist Rey, the series chose to stick with a white brunette once again. However, that almost was not the case. Iron Fist’s Jessica Henwick was almost cast as Rey Skywalker.
Henwick who played Colleen Wing on the short-lived Marvel/Netflix series recently spoke about almost being cast in the role Rey to THR:
“At the end, J.J. said, ‘I want you to be in the film, but I want to write a character for you.’ That’s how Jess Pava was created. So, it was a very, very long experience. It’s hard because I’ve been doing this long enough to know that you go in, audition, put it to the back of your mind, don’t think about it and don’t get emotionally invested. But, after six months, you can’t help but just desperately want it. I’m also such a big J.J. fan. So, I was a mess at the end of those six months.”
Ridley did fine in the role, but one can’t help but think about what could have been.
