Daisy Ridley: 'I would get plonked in the sea and be very overwhelmed'

The Star Wars actress tells Esther McCarthy how she was a reluctant swimmer in Young Woman and the Sea, the true tale of the first woman to take on the English Channel 
Daisy Ridley: 'I would get plonked in the sea and be very overwhelmed'

Daisy Ridley as Trudy Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea.

WHEN Daisy Ridley signed up to star as Trudy Ederle - the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel - taking on the role wasn’t the only challenge she faced.

Ridley has long had a fear of the open water - but she was determined to conquer her issues to tell Ederle’s remarkable story.

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