“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” star Daisy Ridley recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about her upcoming film, highlighting that the new movie has some dark undertones.
Entertainment Weekly asked Ridley to describe the film in three words. She ended up giving four words in total.
“Definitely dark,” she said. “There are bits that are genuinely scary. And sad.”
As for the final word?
“And joyful,” she said.
Ridley recently hyped up the new film in an interview with Marie Claire, saying that it was her favorite movie to film.
- “It’s the first time I’ve filmed more confident because I feel like there was nothing else I could’ve done,” she said. “The third one for me was the best. It’s a big film for everyone. I did all of the emotions: I did frowns, I did smiles, it was the sort of biggest breadth, and I think that’s also why I had such a good time, because I got to do so much ... physically, emotionally — and I got to work with so many people.”
Ridley also said that there’s a scene in the new movie that forced the cast and crew to react in multiple ways, as reported by the Deseret News. She said she can’t wait to see it on the screen.
- “There was a scene that touched me a lot,” she reportedly told AdoroCinema. “It was our last day shooting in Jordan and the natural light was fading. And it was so exciting. It was just a short scene, we filmed very fast, but the crew was shaken in a way I had not seen before. And I thought, ‘My God, if this is people’s immediate reaction when the scene isn’t even ready, imagine what it will be like to see it in the movies, with the John Williams soundtrack and all that.’”