During a chat with Eric Goldman whilst promoting Chaos Walking, Daisy Ridley talks about the fact that her character of Rey shares Force healing abilities with Grogu, aka The Child.
Ridley has mentioned she’s a fan of The Mandalorian and that show’s beloved Baby Yoda, Grogu, shares a rarely seen ability with Rey – both have been able to use the Force to heal others – along with Kylo Ren, I should mention, which I forgot about when speaking to Ridley!
When I jokingly asked how she felt about Rey and Grogu’s Force healing abilities and if she felt it was a competition or a bond, Ridley replied, “Here’s the thing… Baby Yoda is immensely powerful but also Baby Yoda is almost cheating because he’s so sweet that whatever Baby Yoda did you’re like, ‘Aww!’ Whereas I’m a human so I don’t have that. So I feel like Baby Yoda has had an easier time being a Force healer because it’s Baby Yoda being a Force healer. We’re both good in that space but he definitely has cuteness on me.”
Chaos Walking with Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland is out today!
