Daisy Ridley knows a thing or two about stunt work. After all, she broke out in Hollywood playing a kick-ass Jedi in one of the biggest film franchises of all-time, Star Wars. Her latest release, Young Woman and the Sea, however, posed an unprecedented physical challenge for Ridley. She had to train to believably portray an Olympic champion and the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Ridley headlines the Joachim Rønning-directed biopic as Trudy Ederle. Growing up in the early 20th century, Trudy’s eagerness to swim at a professional level wasn’t supported. Despite having the natural talent to break records, at the time, most sports didn’t exist for women. But, Trudy wasn’t about to let that stop her. With her sister’s (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) support, Trudy broke barriers by accumulating swimming records and inspiring young women, changing the sport forever.
With Young Woman and the Sea hitting select theaters on May 31, I got the chance to chat with Ridley about her general enthusiasm for stunt work, and the specific challenges of accurately portraying a renowned distance swimmer.
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