Also why are we comparing Leia with Rey? Rey is our main character and Luke was never captured by force (remember that the whole thing at Jabba’s Palace was all part of his plan) in the OT. If anything we should be comparing those too. And them both being female has nothing to do with anything so don’t go there.
It’s not because they’re both female, it’s because Rey being captured and interrogated on the SKB heavily “mirrors” Leia’s experience in ANH. As for why it mirrors, I’d like to ask J.J. this myself 😄