Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley turns action hero in first look at new thriller from Casino Royale director

Daisy Ridley is fighting for her life in Cleaner

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Did anyone have Daisy Ridley going full Die Hard on their 2024 bingo card? Now, we’ve got our first look at the Star Wars actor playing an everyday-worker-turned-hero in Cleaner, a new action thriller director byCasino Royale’s Martin Campbell.

The image comes courtesy ofScreen Daily, and shows Ridley looking a little worse for wear with a bloodied and bruised face – but still rocking a Strokes t-shirt.

Exclusive first look at Daisy Ridley in action thriller ‘Cleaner’ The film follows a group of activists who hijack an energy company’s gala held at the Shard https://t.co/gRRMtyE5Rd pic.twitter.com/GXDVbRh4ydFebruary 16, 2024

There’s a chance Cleaner slipped under your radarwhen it was first unveiledlast year. In May 2023,Deadlinerevealed that Ridley would be playing Joey Locke, an ex-soldier now cleaning windows at London’s iconic Shard building.

The outlet even had a snippet of the premise, in which “radical activists take over an energy company’s annual gala at the Shard.” Unfortunately for them, their demonstration is “hijacked by a zealous extremist within their ranks, who is ready to murder everyone in the building to send his anarchic message to the world.” Presumably, it’s up to Ridley to save the day.

No release date yet for Cleaner, though it’s looking set to be a busy period for Ridley, who is also attached to an upcoming Rey standalone film.

Set 15 years after the events ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the film – directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – will bring back Daisy Ridley’s Jedi as she aims to rebuild the Jedi Order.

Ridley recentlybroke her silenceon the project in an interview withCollider. She said: “I’m very excited. The story is really cool. I’m waiting to read a script because, obviously, I don’t have any other updates. It’s not what I expected, but I’m very excited.”

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