Riz Ahmed, seen recently in Nightcrawler, is reportedly the top choice to play the male lead in the first Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One.
According to Variety, Ahmed "was among a group of young actors who had been meeting with
Edwards for the last month in London while the director prepped for the film." The site's sources say that Ahmed’s chemistry test with Felicity Jones, who has already been cast as the female lead, gave him the edge.
The report also indicates that Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises, Killing Them Softly) is now set to star as the main villain in the film. We had previously heard that Mendelsohn was up for a part in Rogue One, and now it sounds as if it's a done deal.
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