Saoirse Ronan is talking about her audition for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII. In an interview with Empire, Ronan stressed that she was just one of many to read for the role and did not see the script, but revealed that the character uses a lightsaber.

Ronan said:

Everyone has auditioned for it. So many people I know have gone in for the part I’ve gone in for, and guys who’ve gone in for a particular part, so I’d imagine J.J. is probably just scanning the earth to find the people that he needs. Nobody has a clue what it’s about, and nobody’s read the script.

So I’ve gone in and read for it, but I have to say, I think it’s the only time I’ve ever thought, ‘You know what? Even if I don’t get it, I had so much fun auditioning, pretending to take out a lightsaber – out of a bag, kind of inspect it and not know what it is. That was… that was great. A lightsaber! Star Wars!

Ronan is best known for playing an abducted teen in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones and for her role as a teen assassin in Joe Wright’s Hanna. She’s also starred alongside Gemma Arterton in Neil Jordan’s vampire thriller Byzantium and toplined Andrew Niccol’s adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host.

Star Wars: Episode VII starts production in the U.K. on January 2014 with Abrams (”LOST”) directing from a script by Michael Arndt (Oblivion). A casting call for the film’s leads was leaked in June and can be seen here.