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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 Joins Roster Of Voice Talents For Studio Ghibli Classic ‘Only Yesterday’

    Daisy Ridley may be new in Hollywood, but she’s already giving people a glimpse of the type of projects in which she wants to be involved.

    After starring in the extremely successful seventh Star Wars installment, The Force Awakens, the 23-year-old British actress is already gearing up for her next gig. This time, though, she won’t be showing her lovely face onscreen – instead, she will be lending her vocal talents to the highly acclaimed Japanese film classic, Only Yesterday.

    The Japanese animated drama film, which was first released in 1991 by the famed Studio Ghibli animation studio, is coming to North American audiences next month. New York-based film distributor GKIDS acquired the rights to the English-language version of the film in anticipation of its 25th anniversary release.

    Daisy Ridley will be lending her voice to the lead character named Taeko Okajima, a single woman in her late twenties who takes a vacation to her rural hometown to get away from her busy life in Tokyo. She then begins to have flashbacks of her childhood and spends her time trying to figure out the reason behind her strange nostalgia.

    Apart from Daisy Ridley, other big names involved in the film include fellow Brit Dev Patel, who voices Taeko’s love interest, Toshio. Orange Is the New Black’s Alison Fernandez voices young Taeko, while Star Wars Rebels’ Ashley Eckstein voices Taeko’s sister, Yaeko Okajima.

    In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Daisy Ridley praised Studio Ghibli for creating relatable stories, which she called “fantastical.”

    “They are what so many people around the world can identify with,” said Daisy Ridley of Only Yesterday. “I think the reason probably this is such a loved film and will continue to be so is because it doesn’t feel foreign.”

    Daisy Ridley Voices the Lead Character in This Classic 1991 Studio Ghibli Film

    Daisy Ridley and Studio Ghibli fans around the world can watch Only Yesterday in cinemas starting February 26, 2016, but an exclusive screening will be held at the IFC Center in New York on January 1st.

  • John Boyega, Daisy Ridley: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Cast Members Walk Red Carpet in Shanghai, China for Film Premiere

    John Boyega and his costar Daisy Ridley walked the red carpet in Shanghai, China on Sunday for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere. Director J.J. Abrams joined the actors.

    Looking dashing in his maroon suit with satin lapels, John Boyega plays the role of Finn in the new Star Wars film. The handsome 23-year-old no doubt loved walking the red carpet alongside his beautiful costar Daisy Ridley, who wore a deep purple Jason Wu sleeveless gown. Ridley, who plays the role of Rey in the new film, accented her look with Meira T jewelry and a Tyler Alexandra clutch. She paired her gown with sexy Jimmy Choo shoes.

    Both John Boyega and Daisy Ridley posed on the red carpet with a new Star Wars icon, a roly-poly droid called BB-8, as well as the classic robot R2-D2.

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens, starring Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and more boasts the biggest Christmas film opening ever, and in the days after Christmas has officially hit the $1 billion mark.

    Have you checked out the new Star Wars film yet? What do you think of some of the new characters, including those played by John Boyega and Daisy Ridley?

  • 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?