Earlier than Olivia Cooke starred within the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon,” she as soon as auditioned for an additional main franchise: “Star Wars.”
Throughout an look on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Cooke was requested if there was any fact to experiences that she was up for a component in Rian Johnson’s 2017 “Star Wars” film “The Last Jedi.” Although she stated that was only a “weird rumor,” Cooke then revealed that she auditioned for the a part of Rey, which might finally go to Daisy Ridley, in 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
“I did audition a few times for the other one, where Daisy Ridley got [it],” Cooke stated. “But you know, everyone and their dog auditioned for that.”
The audition additionally didn’t precisely go as Cooke had hoped. “I think I auditioned once in L.A., and then once with J.J. [Abrams]. And I was shit. I was really bad,” she admitted.
“You know when you go into an audition, and you’re just not bringing it and you’ve let yourself down, you’ve let everyone down in the room?” Cooke continued. “Daisy did such an amazing job, I just wasn’t that kind of an actor at that time. It just wasn’t a fit.”
Cooke would go on to star in “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” “Ready Player One” and the Oscar-nominated “Sound of Metal” earlier than touchdown the position of Alicent Hightower on “House of the Dragon.” The third season of the collection is at the moment airing, with a fourth and ultimate season anticipated for 2028.
Watch Cooke’s full interview on “Happy Sad Confused” beneath.
