Daisy Ridley Wasn’t Surprised by Backlash Against Star Wars: The Last Jedi

While some people may have been caught off-guard by the vocal backlash among some fans to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Daisy Ridley wasn’t one of them. Ridley spoke with USA Today about reprising her role as Rey in the upcoming Rise of Skywalker and was asked about the criticism levied online at the movie.

“I wasn’t surprised, no,” she said. “It’s just a different thing. Everyone’s going to have an opinion now anyway on the Internet, but I also think it’s fair. If people hold something incredibly dear and think they know how it should be and it’s not like that, it’s fair for people to think they were done wrong. It doesn’t mean they were – ultimately, Rian’s a filmmaker and one person can’t dictate how a film is supposed to be – but freedom of expression, sure.”

Ridley also talked about the upcoming film, saying, “Genre-wise, it’s different from the other two, which will become clear when the film comes out. It’s quite emotional. There’s a different drive than the previous two films, but there’s a lot of fun. I really missed John (Boyega) during the last one, but we’re back together and now Oscar (Isaac) is part of it. To me, it felt like kids going on an adventure.”

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens on December 20th.