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  • Daisy Ridley to Make Oscars Debut as Presenter on Sunday

    Daisy Ridley will make her Oscars debut on Sunday, when she serves as a presenter at the Academy Awards. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens star is experiencing some jitters, however, ahead of the big day. She says in an interview with E! News she plans to sandpaper the bottoms of her shoes before the event.

    “I don’t want to ice skate down the red carpet. Imagine how awful that would be?” Daisy Ridley explains. “I’m thinking about all the worst possibilities that could happen—like, I could trip or say something wrong or trip as I’m walking up to the stage. Hopefully, it will all be fine.”

    In preparation for the Oscars, Daisy Ridley did what all celebrities do–she chose her attire.

    “I looked at a few dresses, I picked my favorite and that’s the one I’m wearing,” she says. “It’s a gorgeous dress and gorgeous jewelry and I’ll have people making me up, making me look better.”

    There won’t be much of a break for Daisy Ridley, who arrived in the U.S. from the U.K. on Monday. She will head back to the U.K. the morning after the Oscars, where she will return to filming Star Wars: Episode VIII, reprising her role as Rey.

    “It’s a weird little break,” she says, “but it’s very exciting.”

    It will be very exciting to see Daisy Ridley presenting at the Academy Awards on Sunday, too. Will you be tuning in to see the Star Wars: The Force Awakens star?

  • Daisy Ridley Had to Overcome Fears to Play Rey in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

    Daisy Ridley isn’t quite as brave as Rey, the character she plays in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In fact, she had to overcome some fears in order to play the role.

    Rey is a pilot and a scavenger in the latest Star Wars installment, and she’s the first person Daisy Ridley has portrayed on the big screen. The 23-year-old talked about the fears that initially stood in her way when she was cast in the film.

    “It’s one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it’s quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself,” Daisy Ridley told the Associated Press. “So of course everyone else being wonderful helps, but there’s a certain level of growth and stuff you have to do as a person. It’s just like life times a million.”

    Ridley underwent months of physical training to prepare to play Rey. Her regimen included weight lifting, climbing, and even staff training–running and fighting with a staff.

    “I had to look like I could look after myself in the desert and dragging and scavenging things across sand,” she said.

    JJ Abrams helps alleviate some of Daisy Ridley’s fears.

    “Luckily, to have J.J. there, who is so kind and considerate and encouraging, and to have a crew of people who made me feel safe and not rushed and not pressured, that is precisely what took the pressure off,” she explained.

    Ridley bonded with fellow Star Wars star John Boyega, too, and that helped allay some of her fears.

    “We got on so well,” Ridley said. “It was so much fun all the time, and to have him with me through this whole thing, both in filming and afterward, has been incredible.”

    Have you see Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet? If so, can you believe Daisy Ridley had to overcome fears to play Rey?

    That certainly doesn’t translate to the big screen–does it?

  • Daisy Ridley: The First “Star Wars” Female Hero

    Daisy Ridley was pretty much an unknown actress when she was cast as Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With the film’s premiere in many cities on Thursday, she’s soon to be known as a Star Wars hero.

    In a recent interview with Elle, Ridley talked about the new direction the Star Wars franchise has taken with regard to wardrobe and female heroes.

    “Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to,” she said. “That they don’t have to show off their bodies.”

    Daisy Ridley doesn’t appear in a gold “slave” bikini in the film. Instead she wears a very nondescript beige tunic. The wardrobe selection packs a powerful punch as the franchise now has a female hero.

    Prior to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise has been all about male heroes. The Hunger Games series of films, with Jennifer Lawrence starring as Katniss Everdeen, no doubt played a role in the change.

    Daisy Ridley’s character Rey is an “orphaned desert scavenger.”

    The New York Post writes Rey can “repair ships, scale walls and take down enemies with her stick weapon — often while a male character stands helplessly by. She is also mysteriously powerful in the ways of The Force.”

    Daisy Ridley is 2015’s Luke Skywalker–and a darn good one at that.

    “In 2015, there was no scenario in which we weren’t going to bring balance to the way we tell these stories,” Kathleen Kennedy, producer of the new film told Elle. “And Daisy had a physicality and a self-confidence that was so important to the character we were looking for. She epitomizes that optimism where anything is possible.”

    So how does one go from unknown to a Star Wars hero?

    Daisy Ridley explains.

    “I had four or five auditions over seven months, and it was a very emotional time,” she said in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “My first few auditions really didn’t feel good, but my last audition suddenly felt like something clicked.”

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams wanted fresh faces. Daisy Ridley was among those fresh faces, and she also had the kind of toughness the director wanted.

    The rest, as they say, is history, and Daisy Ridley is no doubt about to make just that as the first female Star Wars hero.

    Are you headed to the theater on Thursday or Friday–or will you wait a week or two until the crowds thin out a bit?