As a veteran of action movies, director Martin Campbell has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, most notably helming the debut efforts of two James Bonds (Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig). Campbell’s next film, the Die Hard-esque Cleaner, sees the filmmaker team up with another action veteran: Star Wars sequel trilogy star Daisy Ridley. While Ridley has proven her ability to handle extravagant set pieces before, her role in Cleaner required her to adopt a different approach when handling the action sequences. Cleaner isn’t as reliant on CGI effects as a Star Wars film, but that wasn’t an issue for Ridley.

“Well, first of all, she’s a terrific actress. I’ve seen her, obviously, [in] Star Wars, but, I’ve also seen The Young Woman and the Sea … she was terrific,” Campbell said in an interview with ComicBook when asked why Ridley was the perfect fit for the starring role in Cleaner. He continued, “When I spoke to her, I said to her, ‘How do you feel about the action?’ she was all for it. I think the idea of doing an action film … obviously, in Star Wars there’s a lot of action, but a lot of that action is reliant on visual effects and so forth. But this, there’s a down-and-dirty quality about it … It’s a kind of realistic scenario. She’s outside the building like a goldfish bowl. She’s looking inside. And there’s the eco-terrorist, right? She sees them, and she can’t get back in, and, she believes [her brother] is in great danger.”