Oscar- nominated actress has more movies coming
Felicity Jones laughs and says “absolutely” when asked if she’s coming up with various ways to say she can’t talk about her starring role in the Star Wars spinoff Rogue One.
“I can’t talk about it. It’s really, really exciting but I can’t talk about it,” she said.
The film was confirmed by Disney’s Bob Iger at a shareholders meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. Gareth Edwards ( Godzilla) will begin directing this summer. The movie is scheduled for a Dec. 16, 2016, release.
Jones, 31, said she has had “a fantastic, fantastic few months.” She was nominated for a best- actress Oscar for her role as Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything, adding that all the women nominated in that category supported each other.
“It felt very uncompetitive which was really nice,” she said. “It felt like we were all supporting each other.”
Julianne Moore won for Still Alice.
“Along the way, you just bump into the same people,” Jones said of the awards- show circuit. “And for all the women in the category we all became really good friends by the end of it. You’d be like, ‘ Hey, how are you?’ I did feel like there was a lot of camaraderie between us which was really nice.”
She said it’s also nice doing publicity for other projects.
“I had a fantastic time with ( The Theory of Everything) and it was a very, very special project to be a part of, so I didn’t mind speaking about it endlessly. But I do have to say it’s nice to be talking about something else. Definitely.”
Her next film, True Story, starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, is a true- crime drama. It will be in theatres April 17.
She’s also completed the thriller Autobahn with Nicholas Holt and a drama The Monster Calls with Liam Neeson. Jones will co- star with Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code sequel, Inferno, to be directed by Ron Howard.