DisneyWhile we have no idea what the title of Star Wars: Episode VIII is, let alone the plot, we do know that filming has begun on the next eagerly awaited instalment of the sci-fi franchise.
Now Daisy Ridley has teased the next film by comparing the experience of filming it with The Force Awakens. Interestingly, like her alter-ego, Daisy seems to have become more comfortable with her new life shooting blockbusters, Entertainment Weekly reports.
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They’re honestly two very different things… [The Force Awakens] was like the beginning of the whole thing, and it was terrifying and incredibly rewarding. I felt like I pushed myself beyond boundaries I thought I had. Now I feel more together and present. Now I look at things and think, how are people going to react to that?
It’s nice to hear that Episode VIII will be it’s own thing, and it’s even better to hear that Daisy feels ‘responsible’ for both Rey and the future of the franchise.
She explained:
Carrie [Fisher] calls herself the custodian of Leia, and now I feel like the custodian of Rey… I know what people liked in [The Force Awakens] and now I feel like I’m carrying that responsibility, which is nicer cause I feel like I’m more part of it. I couldn’t say I’m enjoying either one more. It’s all this incredible journey. And then if I am in 9, all three will be one amazing journey that involves thousands of people. I think of Episodes VII, VIII, and IX as part of one experience, not three different ones.
When asked the similarities between her and Rey, Ridley replied that both her and her character ‘get attached to people’. She’s not wrong, in The Force Awakens, she spends at best a couple of days with Finn, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and General Leia but manages to bond with all of them.
Ridley also admitted that she’s seen Episode VII four times and that she still cries at Han’s big scene, but then again who doesn’t…
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