Daisy Ridley hints that her final 'Star Wars' scene is 'so sad'

It's the end of an era.
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Rachel Thompson
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It's the end of an era.

Daisy Ridley's time as Rey is drawing to a close as we approach the final installment of the Skywalker saga.

In an interview with British GQ, Ridley said filming the final scene of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was upsetting.


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"The scene was me being very sad,” she said. "Let’s just say it was not hard to be upset in that scene."

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Apparently the tears didn't stop when J.J. Abrams called cut.

"I did this embarrassing speech that I can’t remember. It was so sad,” she added.

Asked whether she'd ever consider reprising the role of Rey in years to come, she gave an answer that some of you might not like.

"It felt like an end... I can’t actually imagine it right now... I don’t know what’ll happen in however many years," she said.

At least it wasn't an outright no.

See the full feature in the January/February 2020 issue of British GQ available via digital download and newsstands on Friday, Dec. 6.

Topics Star Wars

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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