Regardless of the recognition of Disney’s “Star Wars” franchise, Daisy Ridley says her profession stalled when she completed her run main the movie trilogy with 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.”

“There weren’t that many affords coming in,” Ridley stated throughout a Sunday panel at SXSW in Austin. “It’s not that there wasn’t any… I bear in mind ending and considering, ‘Oh, it’s quiet and unusual.’”

Based on Ridley, she didn’t really feel absolutely snug main the newest “Star Wars” trilogy till she had reached the ultimate film, “The Rise of Skywalker.” “It took, actually, making the third movie until I felt like ‘OK, I’m good. I should be right here,’” she stated.

After which, after eight years of taking part in Rey, Ridley and the remainder of the world went into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the complete movie and TV business shut down. Throughout that point, Hollywood wasn’t making anybody affords. “So it was a really unusual time to sit down with the quiet and, actually, grieving a time of my life,” she stated.

However over the previous few years, Ridley says “It’s been actually busy and wonderful and I’ve bought to take action many various issues for therefore many various individuals,” together with 2023’s “The Marsh King’s Daughter.” “It has been a special exploration of myself and my profession,” she stated.

Attending the SXSW competition to advertise her new psychological thriller “Magpie,” which debuted Saturday night time, Ridley spoke about her time as Rey throughout a one-on-one dialog panel with The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo Sunday.

Ridley’s different upcoming initiatives embrace “Younger Lady and the Sea,” “Ladies within the Citadel,” “Cleaner,” and “We Bury the Lifeless” — plus, extra “Star Wars.”

Final 12 months, Disney and Lucasfilm introduced Ridley can be returning to the “Star Wars” franchise in a brand new film following Rey. Set after the occasions of“The Rise of Skywalker,” the film will function Rey as she makes an attempt to rebuild the Jedi Order. The mission is directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”). The film marks Obaid-Chinoy as the primary lady and first individual of coloration to direct a “Star Wars” function movie.