Daisy Ridley is retelling some of the comments she received about her behavior, which has been called “intimidating” and “aggressive” by others in the entertainment industry.
Speaking to the British magazine Tatler – which features Ridley on her February cover – the actress who achieved fame as Rey in the most recent Star Wars The trilogy shared some of the comments that made it stop.
“I was told I am intimidating,” said the British star. “It was linked Chaos Walking. I was doing my hair, putting on my wig. I remember thinking, ‘God, should I be a minor? Should I be quieter? ‘”
Ridley, 28, did not reveal who made the observation. Chaos Walking, a sci-fi fantasy adventure film directed by Doug Liman, is scheduled to be released in March 2021 and also stars Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas and David Oyelowo.
Ridley added that a director also mentioned her strong personality at a meeting.
“I was also called aggressive,” she told the magazine. “My energy is ‘quite aggressive’. This was during a meeting with a director.
“I was thinking, ‘But why? Is it because I kept eye contact? Is it because I’m passionate about what we’re talking about? ‘ Do not know.
“You have that horrible sinking feeling: ‘God, am I not the way I think I am?'”
O Murder on the Orient Express actress had already been criticized after an interview last December with the Guardian, in which she resisted the interviewer’s suggestion that she found it “easier to be confident and navigate your celebrity because of the privilege in your life”.
In it most recent Tatler interview, Ridley went on to talk about his efforts to keep his personal life out of the media glare.
“When I signed Star Wars, there was nothing in my contract that said, ‘It will be talked about your life,’ ”she said.
“I got to the point where I realized that a lot of my life was out there. People knew my mother’s name, my father’s name, what my sisters do for a living. And I thought it would be nice to have something that was for me, that wasn’t for everyone. I just thought about keeping it separate. “
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