This from Inquirer.net….
LOS ANGELES—Daisy Ridley, film’s woman du jour, walked into a meeting room at Claridge’s Hotel London in a white Self-Portrait dress and Louboutins. The English actress has stayed the same amid her success—easygoing and down-to-earth.
Daisy not only has the plum Rey role in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. She plays Miss Mary Debenham in Murder on the Orient Express, the latest adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit aboard a lavish train. Kenneth Branagh, whom Daisy calls Ken, directs and stars as the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, with an all-star cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Willem Dafoe and Josh Gad.
The Westminster, London native also stars in the title role, Ophelia, described as a take on Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective; Chaos Walking; A Woman of No Importance; Kolma; and Peter Rabbit, where she’s one of the voice cast. With these projects, it was not a surprise to hear Daisy say that she really hasn’t been home since March.
Excerpts from our chat:
You are in a whole different wardrobe scenario from Star Wars. Do your costumes for this film feel more make-believe? Putting the costume on felt like putting on a character, which was helpful because it felt like make-believe, too. So much of it is everyone’s toying with the truth anyway, if that makes sense.
Read more at the link below. Murder on the Orient Express is out now in cinemas nationwide.
