From Jedi to Channel swimmer, actor Daisy Ridley on Olympic-standard movie prep

One thing all good actors have to possess is range, the ability to seamlessly and believable embody different characters.finds herself stepping from Jedi to Channel swimmer in her latest movie Young Woman and the Sea.is playing Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel back in 1926.Ridley admits to me that she wasn’t "familiar at all" with Trudy’s story before she read the script.

Ederle was known for never taking no for an answer. She fought her way to the Paris Olympic Games in 1924, winning a gold and two bronze medals. The patriarchal practices of the 1920s were no barrier to Trudy who ploughed on regardless, her determination carving a path for women in sport.Reflecting on how things have changed since Trudy’s time, Ridley acknowledges: "There are certain things that have happened over the past 100 years that have allowed me to live a life of much more freedom than they were doing.

The real Trudy Ederle - who was known as The Queen of the Waves’ - died in 2003, leaving behind a long-lasting legacy, including teaching deaf children to swim after she lost her hearing.

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