Q&A: Young Woman and the Sea star Daisy Ridley on the challenges of filming open-water swimming

Repeatedly jumping in and out of freezing water and crashing waves was just one of the many struggles Daisy Ridley faced while shooting her latest film, Disney’s Young Woman and the Sea.

Based on a true story and book by the same name, Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker) plays Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, became the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel – a formidable 21-mile swim from France to England.

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