Sources for
The Hollywood Reporter have a juicy new
Star Wars VII casting rumor to whet your whistle:
"Speculation is swirling like the mists of Dagobah around newcomer Maisie Richardson-Sellers. Several sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that she is in line to nab an undisclosed and possibly major role in the high-profile Disney/Lucasfilm production, which is in the middle of an extended casting search in London in advance of a May production start date." - Hollywood Reporter
Little is known about
Maisie Richarsdon-Sellers. She's an Oxford-educated actress with no movie credits. The British actress has performed in several plays,
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, Mephisto and
There Will Be Red. She' was in the short film
Music Wherever She Goes, which you can check out in the video below.
While this info is exciting
The Hollywood Reporter cautioned, "two sources say Richardson-Sellers has not been offered a role." And which role is she possibly up for? Well, there's been talk of "a young black or mixed-race woman who may be a descendent of Jedi Knight Ben Kenobi." Deadline chimed in, "We hear it’s not a lead, but the producers have their eye on
Maisie Richardson-Sellers."