Felicity Jones is the latest star to be confirmed as a lead in the next Star Wars film. Needless to say this is fairly big news. The writer and director of the film have been revealed as Chris Weitz and Gareth Edwards, and there are whisperings of Aaron Paul and Edgar Ramirez both being considered for the male lead.
Felicity has been nominated for the Best Actress BAFTA and will find out whether she’s snatched it this Sunday, so stay tuned. She’s also up for an Oscar for the same role in The Theory of Everything.
Need more Star Wars gossip? Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd is set to play a young Princess Leia. We’d say it’s worth watching just for that.