“My sister asked me, ‘Why do people want to be actors?’
I had no answer,” Ridley said in an early interview (viaThe Guardian).
“I’m not totally sure of my capabilities.
I felt like a total novice compared to everyone I worked with.
It still feels weird to me.”
Even her biggest fans, however, probably don’t know all the fascinating facts about the captivating actress.
Read on to discover the untold truth of Daisy Ridley.
I didn’t know about press tours.
I was like, ‘Why are we going to Germany?
Or China?'"
It was really strange.
I couldn’t figure out why they were looking.
I always find the sudden intrusion difficult to navigate.
But I am getting better at it."
Her acclimation to celebrity can easily be seen when looking back atDaisy Ridley’s stunning transformationover the years.
“I had no sense of what I was getting into.
No sense of what was really going to happen or what anything would entail,” she toldV Magazine.
“I hadn’t done a film before, so it was a whole new thing.
It’s such a crazy thing the first time around.”
Making her secondStar Warsfilm, she explained, actually helped to ground her after the craziness of the first.
“My head was so f**ked after the first one came out,” she added.
“It was strange getting back into it, and it felt familiar and comforting.
I suddenly felt really seen in a way [after the firstStar Wars], which was so weird.
Then, back at work, you’re just you and it’s not a big deal.”
It’s just me being me.
I just really liked being part of something where you’re one of a whole.
When filming, you’re always part of a thing."
“With kids, they’re not going to put it up somewhere straightaway.”
She’d previously toldRadio Timesin 2017, “I find the whole taking pictures thing weird.
“The things I was initially happy to talk about have changed,” she said.
“The boundaries around what’s yours and what’s other people’s start to drift.”
“So I won’t talk about it now.
“I don’t do social any more,” she toldRadio Timesthe following year.
“I came off it last September and I will never get back on.
She shared more about social media during a chat with YouTube talk showAM to DM.
“I don’t think bad vibes should have the sun shone on them.
Like, I don’t want to read your thing!”
She vowed to remain “cut off like a Skywalker limb” from social media.
And endometriosis can also affect the condition of one’s skin.
and my skin was THE WORST.”
She concluded by offering her advice to other women experiencing health issues.
“My body was just f**ked up.
I got tests done and it turned out my body was taking in no nutrients.
I was just like a little skeleton and I was just so tired.
I was becoming a ghost.”
As Ridley toldVulture, the experience taught her an important lesson.
“I basically did not properly take care of myself.
So now it’s like,A massage would be good!
A facial would be good….
I’ve realized that you don’t have to absolutely kill yourself so that be healthy.”
She continued, “And I took control and figured out how to keep myself safe.
I do feel a lot calmer, and settled.
I don’t think anything will ever be as scary as the initial six months afterStar Warscame out.”
In fact, it was even hit with backlash.
“I wasn’t surprised, no.
It’s just a different thing.
She added, “I don’t need a tattoo to represent my life.
But I really love it.
I like looking at it and thinking about all of the things that are constant.”
“The world is a cyclone,” she told the magazine, gesturing to the street outside.
Everything out there is the cyclone.
And then there’s the solid thing at the centre of it all.
That solid star is my family.”
“Everyone was saying that Luke had exactly the same thing.
I think Rey is incredibly vulnerable, and nothing she’s doing is for the greater good.
She’s just doing what she thinks is the right thing.
And she doesn’t want to do some of it, but she feels compelled to do it.
So for me, I was just confused.”
“It’s a big film for everyone.
“It’s just really epic.”
“I just can’t remember it,” she admitted in an interview withPeople’sCouch Surfing.
And then he went to pass me the mic and I was the last person to wrap.
It was my final shot … and I’m just crying in the shot.”
She added, “It was incredibly dramatic.”
She elaborated on that final scene in an interview withBritishGQ.
“The scene was me being very sad,” she teased.
“Let’s just say it was not hard to be upset in that scene …
I did this embarrassing speech that I can’t remember.
It was so sad.”
“I can’t actually imagine it right now.
The ending toRise of Skywalker… it’s very satisfying.
“There are so many characters in theStar Warsworld who’ve never been explored.
There’s so much for the filmmakers to work on,” she added.
“So right now, I don’t think so.
But who could say, really?
An opportunity might present itself.
I love how the movie hasn’t come out and people are like, ‘What about going forward?’
Right now, it feels like a really nice full stop on the Skywalker series.”
There was, however, one more item she had her eye on.
“I’m going to ask for my costume, but I haven’t asked for that yet.”
Host Lilly Singh quickly asked, “Okay, what are you gonna do with it?
Are you gonna hang it in your house or you gonna sell it on eBay?
