Daisy Ridley has admitted she found the backlash against Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker really ‘upsetting.’ The latest Disney instalment scored 52% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4.8 (out of 10) by viewers on Metacritic.
It has also become the worst-reviewed film in the saga. Speaking on the comments, the star told DragCast: ‘I guess now conversations are just more public, so there’s stuff I wouldn’t have seen, but honestly trying to scroll through my newsfeed in January and trying to not see Star Wars stuff, I’d see headlines and be like “Oh my god this is so upsetting.” ‘So it’s been tricky, but then it’s having that thing of I feel really proud of it, and I’m so thrilled to be part of it.
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