First Look at Daisy Ridley as an Action Hero in New Action Thriller CLEANER From Director Martin Campbell
Star Wars star Daisy Ridley is going full Die Hard in a new action thriller titled Cleaner, which comes from Casino Royale director Martin Campbell. Ridley takes on the role of an everyday worker who turns into a hero. We’ve got our first look at the actress in the film looking like she’s taken a beating with a bloodied and bruised face and rocking a Strokes t-shirt.
Ridley plays a character named Joey Locke, an ex-soldier who finds herself cleaning windows at London’s iconic Shard building. The film is described as a “timely action-thriller, set in present-day London.”
The story “will see radical activists take over an energy company’s annual gala at the Shard – the tallest skyscraper in Western Europe – seizing 300 hostages in order to expose the corruption of the hosts. Their just cause is hijacked by a zealous extremist within their ranks, who is ready to murder everyone in the building to send his anarchic message to the world.”
Joey Locke is suspended 90 stories up on the outside of the building and she finds herself in a position “to save those trapped inside and take down the killers, whilst also finding a way to bring the corrupt energy moguls to justice.”
Cliver Owen also stars in the film. Ridley is currently set to return to the Star Wars franchise in the upcoming film Star Wars: New Jedi Order.