'Star Wars' Actor Daisy Ridley Received Very Strange 'Great British Bake Off'-Themed Gift
While promoting “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker,” the main cast revealed that J.J. Abrams had given them each very thoughtful gifts after wrapping production. Rey actress Daisy Ridley, however, revealed that her gift was rather strange.
On “Jimmy Kimmel Live! After Darth” (via Yahoo Entertainment), the cast and director discussed the movie when the topic of the franchise’s finality came up and how they’ve been working on the new “Star Wars” trilogy for so long. Kimmel asked if there was any parting gift to say goodbye.
Ridley revealed that her present from Abrams was about their mutual love for “The Great British Baking Show,” which begs the question, how bad could it be?
As Abrams shys away from traditional cinema, he truly moved away from traditional gift-giving by sending Ridley a photo-realistic face mask of their favorite contestant.
“It's a touch obscure,” the actress admitted, withholding some laughter.
Neither of them said who they owed the facemask's likeness to, someone “who will remain unnamed,” as Ridley put it. Then John Boyega’s gift came up. He had received a Stormtrooper helmet decorated with Spider-Man’s web design, revealing his love of Spider-Man and how Ridley also gave him an impressive Spider-Man related gift.
Oscar Isaac, who plays Poe Dameron in “Rise of Skywalker,” also revealed his gift -- although, he seemed a little less enthused about his present.
“I got a box of, umm, Oscar Isaac chocolates,” the actor said monotonously. Abrams didn’t take his deadpan answer too kindly as he exclaimed the work that went into making them. Apparently, they had Isaac’s name imprinted on them and were really nice. Isaac assured Abrams that the chocolates were delicious.
Another gift that Isaac was given was Abrams allowing members of his family and some of his friends to appear in the “Rise of Skywalker” movie. In addition, Daisy was also given the famous Skywalker lightsaber from the movie, which she keeps in a safe place that’s not in her house, to avoid people breaking in to steal it.
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