Daisy Ridley, who currently stars in the comedy-drama Miss Fran’s Dream Life, is best known for playing the new protagonist of the Star Wars saga three times: an orphan named Rey with a mysterious past and a sentience. powers of the forces.
This extraordinary role, at the head of an almost institutional franchise, suddenly catapulted the young British actor – a complete unknown in 2015 – to international stardom. But as Daisy Ridley said in 2019 At the microphone of GQThis extraordinary journey to the far reaches of a galaxy far, far away also proved to be very trying.
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According to the article GQ (Translated recently The Hollywood ReporterThe director of Episode VII, JJ Abrams, wanted to warn the young woman about the enormous responsibility that such a role could represent: “Sidia, you must understand “trusted him. “It’s not a role in a movie. It’s a religion for people. It changes things on an incredible level.”
Subsequently, the actor was able to realize that the filmmaker was not wrong. During the theatrical release of The Last Jedi, he experienced severe anxiety and said that holes appeared in the walls of his intestines.
“I saw a photo of me at the London premiere, I was so thin and my skin was in terrible shape”he said, still at the microphone GQ.
“My body was completely out of whack. I did some tests and it turned out my body wasn’t absorbing nutrients. I was like a little skeleton and tired. I was losing weight. Become a ghost.”
“It’s still troubling.”
Before finding Rey’s lightsaber for Episode IX, the actress took a six-month break to recover from her emotions. Recently, he also said on our microphone that the 2020 limitation, immediately after the release The Rise of SkywalkerIt allowed him to take time for himself and better turn the page on Star Wars.
“It’s still disturbing”He recently confided on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. “We don’t want people to feel like we haven’t served what their fans are So much for sharing! I have the impression that everyone reacted well, in the same way, to the first one. The second was very divisive. The latter is also very divisive. “
Nevertheless, Daisy Ridley made sure that this difficult reception did not in any way spoil the joy that she could feel on the set of the saga, and that a few years after the release of Episode XI, people began to ask her if they had made other Star Wars films with her. was planned.
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