Rey Casting

[unspeakablehorror]

Apparently there's been some speculation that Maisie Richardson-Sellers, who played a minor role in The Force Awakens, was originally considered for the role of Rey, probably based on articles like this one:
https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2014/12/maisie-richardson-sellers-the-force-awakens-worst-kept-secret.html

I would have liked to see her take on the character!

Comments

[tobermoriansass]

Between this and the stuff about Jessica Henwick having also auditioned and been shortlisted, it's kind of nagl for LF that they didn't want to take the leap with a WOC actress.

[unspeakablehorror]

Oh, I didn't know that! Definitely agree that they went the cowardly route because Disney and Lucasfilm love racism. Bet they were just like 'we can still pretend we're actually going to give POC an important role in this film but this will let us do a bait-and-switch'!

I may have to watch some clips of Maisie and Jessica from different things they've been in so I can try to imagine how they might have approached the role.