Daisy Ridley News: How Was ‘Star Wars’ Star’s ‘Life Made’ By Mara Wilson? [PHOTO, VIDEO]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is all people have been buzzing about--and rightfully so, since it's such an epic installment especially with Daisy Ridley's superb performance as Rey.
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The British actress was an unknown in the movie industry coming into the role, but now everyone is talking about her and wants to know everything there is to know about her.
In October the 23-year-old chatted with Interview Magazine about not being "an uberfan" of Star Wars upon auditioning for the part, amongst other things, like who her role models were when she was younger.
It turns out, like many children in 1996, Ridley was a huge fan of Matilda, which starred Mara Wilson as the title character. The movie is based off of Ronald Dahl's book of the same name, in which Matilda has the worst parents ever and a horrible principal, but the most wonderful teacher who totally understands her and recognizes that she's a genius.
"Well, my favorite film was Matilda. So I'm going to say the little girl in that. I aspired to be like her. [Laughs] I wanted to be a girl who could make a jug of water tip into a glass," Ridley admitted.
It's understandable, too, since when Matilda released Ridley was 4 years old. What little girl at the time didn't want to be like the title character?
In mid-December Wilson responded to a tweet mentioning Ridley's interview.
"So nice!" Wilson said of Ridley calling her a childhood hero.
Yeah, I read that! So nice! https://t.co/0jnWB9MQmy
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) December 19, 2015
"I'm so honored," Wilson gushed in another tweet.
This is amazing. I'm so honored. I may or may not be tearing up right now. #DaisyRidley — Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) December 19, 2015
In another tweet Wilson admitted to being a huge Star Wars fan and how she "used to dream of being in" one of the films. While that hasn't happened she feels pretty good considering she inspired Ridley and Ridley has a lead role in the latest film.
"But inspiring someone is even better!" she dished.
I was SUCH a Star Wars fan as a kid, I used to dream of being in a Star Wars movie. But inspiring someone is even better! #DaisyRidley
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) December 19, 2015
Ridley got wind of Wilson's reaction to her interview just last week during the holidays.
Life. Made. #matilda #matilda #matilda (to clarify, I have no Twitter or snapchat!) A photo posted by @daisyridley on Dec 26, 2015 at 5:05am PST
"Life. Made," the rising star beamed with a screen grab of one of Wilson's tweets.
It's always so cool when celebrities root for each other!
