Daisy Ridley said that her 'Star Wars' character Rey's heritage 'kept changing' even when they were filming 'The Rise of Skywalker'

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Daisy Ridley said that her 'Star Wars' character Rey's heritage 'kept changing' even when they were filming 'The Rise of Skywalker'
Daisy Ridley and Josh Gad starred together in "Murder on the Orient Express" in 2017.Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • Daisy Ridley has said that her character Rey's heritage was constantly changing, even when they were filming "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
  • Ridley was speaking to "Murder on the Orient Express" costar Josh Gad, who was filling in as a guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week.
  • Ridley said: "At the beginning, there was toying with an Obi-Wan connection — there were different versions — then it really went to it was no one, and then it came to episode nine and JJ [Abrams] pitched me the film and was like 'Oh, yeah, Palpatine is granddaddy.'"
  • Ridley continued: "Then two weeks later he was like, 'Oh, we're not sure,' so it kept changing, so then even as we were filming, I wasn't sure what the answer was going to be."
  • Watch the interview below.

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