Ellie feels the force of the cutting room Jedi
SPARE a thought for Ellie Goulding. The pop star only found out through Twitter last week that her cameo role in the latest Star Wars blockbuster has ended up on the cutting room floor.
Ellie was cast as a rebel army soldier in The Last Jedi and spent a day filming scenes with the late Carrie Fisher.
She also performed at the film’s wrap party at the Natural History Museum in London in July last year.
The 30-year-old asked her 7.3million Twitter followers on Wednesday: ‘Has anybody seen Star Wars yet and seen someone who resembles me in it? Awkward if I got cut.’
A number of fans then broke the bad news to her, with one commenting: ‘Didn’t spot you.’
Another added: ‘I’ve just watched it, sadly I didn’t see you. Sorry.’
Perhaps the writing was on the wall for Ellie because, tellingly, she was absent from the movie’s star-studded premiere at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday.
Prince William and Prince Harry play Stormtroopers in The Last Jedi, although their faces are hidden by their sinister white helmets.