Lucasfilm has been consistently delivering successful content through their Disney+ series, starting with The Mandalorian. Fans have eagerly anticipated each new release, including the recent series, Star Wars: Ahsoka. The audience has shown great enthusiasm for the what they've been releasing, particularly the return of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in the recent episodes of Ahsoka, which connects to the Star Wars: Clone Wars series. Now, it turns out that one actress almost appeared in a previous Star Wars film.
Taissa Farmiga, who's best known for her roles in horror movies like The Final Girls and The Nun, has recently shared some details about almost landing a role in a Star Wars movie. During a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, the 29-year-old actress talked about her failed audition for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the 2017 film written and directed by Rian Johnson.
"I mean I think that Star Wars was probably the only ones. But I was like the wow they like what's going on because again another thing grew up with was Star Wars," Farmiga said. "I love playing Star Wars battlefield republic video games with my brother growing up and like that was my thing."
"It was for… it wasn't for the first one. I think it was for the Rogue One maybe or it was for the one after that. Wasn't there Solo, was it? No, I can't remember it was the one where Rey had already been in one movie, you know what I mean. Who knows. I can't remember, but I know that was understood. I didn't do so well because I wanted it so bad so that's why I try to keep my expectations... I couldn't do it. It was also hard because those auditions. It was one of the only times that I had to do a cold read where they didn't send any materials. You can get there an hour ahead of time and usually I'm good at memorizing lines like it goes quick and easy but I was just like oh this would be so cool." Farmiga revealed.
She didn't reveal exactly what role she was auditioning for but it would have been interesting to see her play a unique character in a Star Wars film.
What is the next Star Wars movie?
Earlier this year at Star Wars Celebration 2023, Lucasfilm announced a new movie, centering on Daisey Ridley's Rey. The new film project will be directed by Ms. Marvel's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. It will pick up 15 years after the events of Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and follow Rey as she works to create a new Jedi order. It reamains to be seen whether she might reunite with any of her allies— including Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac).
