Growing up, I always felt Star Wars belonged to the boys, however much I played with light sabers. When the galaxy finally included a female lead – Daisy Ridley’sRey in 2015’s The Force Awakens, I rejoiced. Rogue One,which takes place 34 years prior, gave us another bold woman: Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso, a character who is rash and assertive – messy, thrilling traits that too few actresses get in big-budget action movies. And Felicity understands how Jyn changed the game. As a little girl, she dreamt of playing love-struck Ariel from The Little Mermaid. But at 33,the Oxford-educated actress got the chance to play a new kind of Disney princess: “a very contemporary, kick-ass princess,” she says. And her CVis filled with take-charge roles like Jyn – her first Oscar nomination was for her portrayal of Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Says the self-proclaimed feminist, “What I love in my work is showing a full-sided woman, a woman who is strong but flawed.”............
This constant is From Glamour Magazine South Africa - April 2017
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