RUMOR: STAR WARS Star Daisy Ridley In Talks To Play The Lead In Her First Comic Book Movie

According to a new rumor, Star Wars alum Daisy Ridley is in talks to play the lead in her first comic book movie, but it's not Marvel or DC-related...

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 08, 2025 07:09 PM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

Daisy Ridley is set to return to the Galaxy Far, Far Away as Rey "Skywalker" in at least one upcoming Star Wars movie, but it sounds like the British actress may also be lining up a lead role in her first comic book movie franchise.

Previous rumors have linked Ridley to Sony Pictures and director Olivia Wilde's now defunct Spider-Woman movie, and we have also heard that she was on Marvel Studios' radar for an undisclosed role. It's not one of the big superhero franchises Ridley is said to be attached to, however.

According to Daniel Richtman, Ridley is in negotiations to star in an adaptation of Tony Cliff's 2013 graphic novel, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant. Disney has held the right to this property since 2016, but there's been no movement on the project since.

Ridley's character, Delilah, is said to be "trained in 47 sword fighting techniques" and is described as "a female Indiana Jones."

Roy Lee, Mark Mower, and Justin Giritlian were attached as producers back in 2016, but we're not sure if they are still involved.

According to an official synopsis:

"Lovable ne’er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an adventurer for the 19th century. She has traveled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she’s picked up on the way, Delilah’s adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. With the aid of her flying boat and her newfound friend, Selim, she evades the Sultan’s guards, leaves angry pirates in the dust, and fights her way through the countryside. For Delilah, one adventure leads to the next in this thrilling and funny installment in her exciting life."

Whether the Delilah Dirk role pans out or not, there's always a chance Ridley could make the jump to the MCU or DCU in the future.

While speaking to ComicBook.com about her recent action flick, The Cleaner, Ridley admitted that she's "open to everything" when it comes to stepping into a comic book-based role.

“I work with this amazing second AD called Matthew Sharp, and he texts me because he’s doing Avengers, and he goes, ‘If they call.’ So I was like, ‘If they call, absolutely.’ Then, of course, love Batman, love The Penguin. I’m a fan of so many sorts of films. Yeah, I’m open to everything.”

What do you make of this rumor? Any Delilah Dirk fans out there? Let us know in the comments section.

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GeneralZod - 9/8/2025, 7:15 PM

Laridian - 9/8/2025, 8:39 PM

@GeneralZod - So predictable.

blitzburgh - 9/8/2025, 10:27 PM

@GeneralZod - bahahahaha same

McMurdo - 9/9/2025, 10:10 AM

@Laridian - people like consistency

ModernAudience - 9/8/2025, 7:16 PM

She needs a good flick after Disney killed Star Wars. Wasn't her fault they killed the sequel trilogy.

skyshark03191 - 9/8/2025, 7:19 PM

@ModernAudience - indeed. Honestly part of me is looking forward to that supposed new Star Wars she’s supposed to be in but honestly who the hell knows at this point with that franchise.

bcom - 9/8/2025, 7:26 PM

@ModernAudience - She actually has done a lot of roles since Star Wars where she's proven herself as a solid actor. I liken her to Robert Pattinson; He was always seen as sparkly vampire boy after doing Twilight but went on to do a lot of smaller movies where he really showed off his acting chops.

ModernAudience - 9/8/2025, 7:43 PM

@bcom - I mean, I liked her IN Star Wars just not the movies. I'm with ya.

ModernAudience - 9/8/2025, 7:44 PM

@skyshark03191 - I get it but for me, without it's architect Lucas, it's all fanfic to me and I've lost interest. I did enjoy Rogue One though.

bcom - 9/8/2025, 10:16 PM

@ModernAudience - Oh, gotcha! Yeah, fair call. I still think they missed a beat by not planning out the trilogy story before going in. I know they said they wanted to keep it true to the nature of how George Lucas wrote his Star Wars movies individually, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have had a basic over arching story in place to make them more cohesive.

ModernAudience - 9/9/2025, 1:21 AM

@bcom - Dude!Exactly! It still blows my mind they didn't write the whole thing out and instead just winged it from film to film. Crazy.

JacobsLadder - 9/9/2025, 9:51 AM

@ModernAudience - agree. Kathleen Kennedy killed SW.

McMurdo - 9/9/2025, 10:15 AM

@bcom - comparing her to Pattinson is crazy. she's not a bad actor but that's an insane comparison. She doesn't have a Good Time.

ModernAudience - 9/9/2025, 10:51 AM

@JacobsLadder - 100% Incompetent af

ModernAudience - 9/9/2025, 10:52 AM

@McMurdo - How do you know? She looks like she's down to party...

I keed I keed. Good Time was awesome.

JacobsLadder - 9/9/2025, 2:10 PM

@ModernAudience - she genuinely hates Star Wars. And its fans. There is no other explanation.

Lucasberg - 9/9/2025, 6:39 PM

@McMurdo - Good Time is amazing. Lots of people don’t know about that.

I think Pattinson is pretty great but shouldn’t we give credit for his role in Good Time mostly to the Safdie bros? They produced one of the greatest roles for Sandler ever in Uncut Gems. I’m a Sandler fan but outside of Punch Drunk Love (where he was under the handling of another master) he’s always been average as an actor.

Point is, both Ridley and Pattinson did exceptionally well with pretty thin material in their blockbuster franchises.

McMurdo - 9/10/2025, 3:42 PM

@Lucasberg - I mean Safdie bros def deserve credit but Pattinson acted the role. And we have Lighthouse. Dude's a damn good actor.

Lucasberg - 9/10/2025, 3:44 PM

@McMurdo - oh yeah thats right. Lighthouse was even better.

McMurdo - 9/10/2025, 3:45 PM

@Lucasberg - yeah great film.

Lucasberg - 9/10/2025, 8:11 PM

@McMurdo - to me that is Eggars best… Iwhich is saying something because all his films have a rare intensity to them. But Lighthouse is his masterpiece

skyshark03191 - 9/8/2025, 7:17 PM

I like her. Definitely hope things go well career wise cause she’s not bad at all.

BrainySleep - 9/8/2025, 7:23 PM

@skyshark03191 - Agreed, no issues with her and she comes across well

Batmangina - 9/8/2025, 7:26 PM

Hell yeah! We need female versions of famous characters - that shit is box office GOLD!!!

NonPlayerC - 9/9/2025, 1:49 AM

@Batmangina - because they compared it to Indiana Jones? Says its set in the 1800s, she's a thief, and has a flying boat lol dont get me wrong it doesn't sound like its for me but Im not sure this is a female version of indie

Batmangina - 9/9/2025, 5:36 PM

@NonPlayerC - It's BOX OFFICE GOLD! If the last 10 years have proven anything, it's that the public wants, nay, DEMANDS female action heroes.

The numbers don't lie.

WalletsClosed - 9/8/2025, 7:28 PM

"a female Indiana Jones."

DOA. Another flop incoming

Reboot the MCU and DCU

asherman93 - 9/8/2025, 8:57 PM

@WalletsClosed - ...you realize "female Indiana Jones" easily describes someone like Lara Croft, right?

Lucasberg - 9/9/2025, 6:41 PM

@asherman93 - but who cares about Lara Croft? I think you proved his point haha

asherman93 - 9/10/2025, 4:05 AM

@Lucasberg - "but who cares about Lara Croft?"
*looks at the success of most of the games*
I'd assume a lot of people?

What it means is that citing "female Indiana Jones" as some sort of inherent negative is dumb.

Lucasberg - 9/10/2025, 1:24 PM

@asherman93 - apart from the 2001 movie, the sequel and reboot bombed. And the first Tomb Raider that actually performed decently at the box office I think did better due to novelty rather than demand for Lara Croft. Also, video game popularity does not mean success in films...Lara Croft has a pretty crappy track record in films is my point.

To the original point though:

Indiana Jones type characters made female are likely never going to be something viewers care much to see. Its why the Los Angeles Sparks will never produce high yields in ticket sales while their male counterpart (the LA Lakers) frequently will sell out.

People make a mistake when they label this as sexist. Its really not that. Its about athleticism and physicality. For the aggressively physical sports and adventure type story characters (Indiana jones), people want to see human beings pushed as far as possible. You can only get so far physically with women in athletics and adventure stories, that really doesn't come close to where men can be pushed in these regards becuase dudes are larger and possess greater muscle mass genrally and almost universally. In other words it will be dead on arrival if they do this kind of thing. People want the Lakers, not the Sparks.

Ridley was great as Rey. Women as jedi work just as well as men being that they are driven by the Force, not being dependant upon physical strength.

There are basic facts that need to be acknowledged in the production of fantasy and sci fi films or they simply will not inspire the general audience to give two craps as they feel an immediate disconnect to what is thrown across the screen. I'm willing to bet that a virtual femael Indiana jones would be one of those things.

Urubrodi - 9/8/2025, 7:30 PM

No strong feelings towards this, more like whatever. I mean Rey was a bad charactater, but that was mostly to do with the writing. On the other hand is not like she did anything too special with what she was given either to elevate the material. Maybe on another propery she can show more.

Joker666 - 9/8/2025, 7:35 PM

Sounds like a hybrid of Indiana Jones, Robin Hood and Rey Skywalker. I’ll give it a watch when it hits Disney Plus.

bobevanz - 9/8/2025, 8:16 PM

Who cares about Star Wars when it's Star Trek Day!

NonPlayerC - 9/9/2025, 1:55 AM

@bobevanz -

TheVisionary25 - 9/8/2025, 8:18 PM

Honestly , sounds like a perfect role for her tbh so hope it does happen!!.

It’s got vibes of Indiana Jones & Tomb Raider but it feels more like Tintin to me.

Laridian - 9/8/2025, 8:38 PM

I was like, "Should I even bother going into the comments on this one. I can already see the hate from the home page. Nothing but hate from the incels who blame her for ruining their childhood or some bullshit." Then I thought, "Maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe people are gleefully fancasting her as Zatanna or some other heroin in the MCU or DCU." Then I thought, "Yeah, right. You know it's just going to be a bunch of butthurt man-children posting non-sequitors like 'No one cares' or some version of the Cartman meme 'Make it a girl and make it lame' with no self-reflection on why South Park was making fun of people who say shit like that." Oh well, I guess I'll take a look and keep my expectations low.

McMurdo - 9/9/2025, 10:13 AM

@Laridian - bro what dimension are you reading comments in because above yours, NO ONE complained about her ruining Star Wars. In fact, people are stating she WASN'T the problem.

Laridian - 9/9/2025, 10:53 AM

@McMurdo - And below...? If you notice, I was thinking this before I clicked on comments. I'm happy to see there were less bad comments than I thought, but they're still there. Look at MaxPaint right below me.

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