LOS ANGELES - As they reprise their roles as spunky resistance fighters Rey and Rose Tico in The Rise Of Skywalker, the new Star Wars film opening today, actresses Daisy Ridley and Kelly Marie Tran tell The Straits Times how being part of the billion-dollar space opera has radically changed their outlook on life.
The 27-year-old English actress was little-known when she landed the role of Rey, an orphan and scavenger who emerges as the heroine in The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017).
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