Star Wars -- Episode VIII will reportedly have not one but two female protagonists.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Jupiter Ascending.

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We recently learned that three actresses were up for the female lead in the Rian Johnson-directed sequel: Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez, Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany, and Bates Motel's Olivia Cooke, who has since booked the lead role in Steven Spielberg's next film, Ready Player One.But a new report claims the film isn't just seeking one female lead."We’ve heard that it is not one role, but TWO female roles, both substantial, that share the same shortlist," according to Latino-Review . "Not only that, but can report there’s a fourth name on that short list that wasn’t reported and an important one: British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Apparently she’s had an audition and everything."Mbatha-Raw first exploded onto Hollywood's radar playing the title role in the sleeper hit Belle. She subsequently played an alien in the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending, and starred in the music drama Beyond the Lights.