Daisy Ridley Was Bummed About Star Wars Fans’ Reactions To That Big Rise Of Skywalker Flip

Via Cinemablend.com:

The most talked about moment from April’s teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was undoubtedly the cackling of Emperor Palpatine, heralding the villain’s return. But the coolest moment went to Daisy Ridley’s Rey. With Lightsaber in hand, the sequel trilogy’s heroine backflips over an incoming TIE fighter. It was a truly awesome shot that showed how much Rey has leveled up and fans were excited to see it.

You would think Daisy Ridley would be stoked to see the fans flipping out over her flip, but she was actually bummed. That’s because it wasn’t really her, as she explained:

“I had learnt a version of it, but there was a risk of breaking ankles so I couldn’t do the full thing. But there’s a bit in the film where you see me upside down. It’s funny because I did 95% of my (stunts), but that’s the one thing I didn’t fully do. People are like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool,’ and I’m like, ‘Ugh.’”

Daisy Ridley was bummed about the reactions to Rey’s big moment in the Rise of Skywalker teaser trailerm because fans were freaking out about the one thing that wasn’t actually her. Rey the character does the flip, but Daisy Ridley the actress didn’t. So she couldn’t get excited about the response or take credit for it because she knows it wasn’t actually her.

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