Daisy Ridley has admitted that she doubted her abilities to reprise her role in the follow up to 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and that a poignancy runs through The Last Jedi in wake of Carrie Fisher’s death.
The actress, who plays Rey in the franchise, admitted on ITV’s Lorraine: ‘I didn’t feel as comfortable going into it because the first one had just come out and it was nuts.
‘I was like, “Ah I don’t know how to do this again!” Like I don’t know what I did first time round.
‘I don’t know how to do this again!’ Daisy Ridley admits doubting her ability to reprise Star Wars role for The Last Jedi… and says film is ‘a testament’ to the late Carrie Fisher
Poignant: She also spoke of her late co-star Carrie Fisher, who died nearly a year ago having completed shooting for the eighth movie in the franchise as Princess Leia
‘But I think that by the end of it, I was like now I have a sense of her, which was great. Right at the end of it.’
She also spoke of her late co-star Carrie Fisher, who died nearly a year ago having completed shooting for the eighth movie in the franchise as Princess Leia.
‘It’s sort of odd that some of those scenes, the things that are said, it seems weirdly true, it’s very emotional,’ the actress mused.
‘[Carrie] is amazing in it and I think it’s a testament to her.’
It’s nearly time: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is cinemas across the UK on December 14
The actress, who plays Rey in the franchise, admitted on ITV’s Lorraine: ‘I didn’t feel as comfortable going into it because the first one had just come out and it was nuts’
She also spoke of her work with Mark Hamill, who portrayed Luke Skywalker in the 1977 original, it’s two sequels and 2015’s The Force Awakens.
‘It was fun to do because Mark and I were getting to know each other as we were filming it so there was a sense of – I think we did it pretty chronologically – so there was a sense of our relationship building as the characters were, which was wonderful.
‘It was comforting to do it that way.’
Later in the morning, Holly Willoughby slipped up live on This Morning and revealed a major plot point to the story as she interviewed star of the film John Boyega.
Interviewing him alongside Phillip Schofield the morning after the London premiere of the eighth film in the sci-fi franchise, Holly declared that iconic character Yoda is set to return in the movie.
Close: She also spoke of her work with Mark Hamill, who portrayed Luke Skywalker in the 1977 original, it’s two sequels and 2015’s The Force Awakens
Back again? Should the spoiler be correct, this will be Yoda’s first appearance in the franchise since 2005’s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
This left John speechless, looking around the hotel room he was being interviewed from in shock.
Cringing at Holly’s bombshell, he said to her: ‘You can’t tell the fans what happens!’
Clearly dumbstruck and slightly panicked, Holly tried to cover her tracks. ‘I don’t know what happens. But it’s out there,’ she stammered.
John was quick to reply: ‘I can’t reveal that.’
Still flustered, Holly said: ‘I don’t know!’
Oops: This left John speechless, looking around the hotel room he was being interviewed from in shock
Slip of the tongue: Clearly dumbstruck and slightly panicked, Holly tried to cover her tracks. ‘I don’t know what happens. But it’s out there,’ she stammered
Trying to add humour to proceedings, John joked: ‘Maybe it was just another short alien. Maybe it was me on my knees.’
Still grasping, Holly added: ‘You do a good Yoda impression, that’s what I was getting at…’
Should the spoiler be correct, this will be Yoda’s first appearance in the franchise since 2005’s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
His voice was heard in 2015’s The Force Awakens when the character Rey discovers Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber; but this was not an on-screen appearance.
The character has appeared in every other movie in the franchise aside from the very first film, A New Home, in 1977.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is cinemas across the UK on December 14.