Daisy Ridley almost walked away from The Force Awakens: “I can’t do this, this is not right”

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That’s the way that Daisy Ridley felt during the making of a film we never thought we’d ever see, The Force Awakens. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she described where her feelings were at the time.

“It was really scary. I felt just sick and I didn’t really know anyone yet. It takes me a really long time to settle down with people. And I do remember being behind the speeder and there were loads of people there and somebody had an umbrella over me. Even that, like, ‘Oh someone’s holding an umbrella over you? OK.’ And I remember thinking, ‘I can’t do it. I can’t do this, this is not right.’”

Even Daisy’s Mom was nervous at her casting in such a monumentally big film, but thankfully for Daisy and for the rest of us she found her feet.

Daisy returns for the last time as Rey on 19th December in The Rise of Skywalker.

SourceNME
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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That’s the way that Daisy Ridley felt during the making of a film we never thought we’d ever see, The Force Awakens. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she described where her feelings were at the time.

“It was really scary. I felt just sick and I didn’t really know anyone yet. It takes me a really long time to settle down with people. And I do remember being behind the speeder and there were loads of people there and somebody had an umbrella over me. Even that, like, ‘Oh someone’s holding an umbrella over you? OK.’ And I remember thinking, ‘I can’t do it. I can’t do this, this is not right.’”

Even Daisy’s Mom was nervous at her casting in such a monumentally big film, but thankfully for Daisy and for the rest of us she found her feet.

Daisy returns for the last time as Rey on 19th December in The Rise of Skywalker.

SourceNME
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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