A tour de Force! Daisy Ridley weeps as she performs her famed Star Wars interrogation scene in newly released audition video

Daisy Ridley weeps as she performs her famed Star Wars interrogation scene in newly

It is the scene that forms the centrepiece of her Force Awakens performance. And Daisy Ridley already had it down pat in her first audition if her newly released Star Wars audition video is any guide. In the Casting Rey feature released on the internet, director JJ Abrams explained that he was looking for someone who is both unknown, but with the acting chops to portray the movie's leading lady. 

   

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