Daisy Ridley Reveals the Concept Behind Her New Film Magpie

Daisy Ridley fans have every reason to rejoice. In the years following The Rise of Skywalker, it’s felt like we’ve had to do without her sunny personality and compelling presence on our screens. While her latest film Sometimes I Think About Dying, which just had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, isn’t exactly “sunny,“ it’s still a welcome return for the actress, whose last major role was in 2021’s Chaos Walking. But even as the hype for Sometimes I Think About Dying continues to go, Ridley is already looking to the future. In a Sundance interview with Collider’s Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub, Ridley was asked about her newest project, Magpie, which she was set to begin filming the Monday after leaving Park City, and which holds very personal significance to her. Of the upcoming film, which was written by Ridley’s husband Tom Bateman based on Ridley’s own original concept, the actress said: The movie follows a family, a woman who is at hom