Daisy Ridley has responded to Texas Senator Ted Cruz taking a swipe at her Star Wars character while defending Gina Carano following her firing from Disney.The 28-year-old English actress who played the lead role of Rey in three Star Wars films during an interview Tuesday with Yahoo Entertainment was asked about Cruz, 50, taking to Twitter earlier this month in defense of Carano, 38.'Texan Gina Carano broke barriers in the Star Wars universe: not a princess, not a victim, not some emotionally tortured Jedi.
She played a woman who kicked ass & who girls looked up to. She was instrumental in making Star Wars fun again. Of course Disney canceled her,' Cruz tweeted on February 11 a day after Carano was fired following her Instagram post.
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