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Daisy Ridley “couldn’t sleep” after backlash over John Boyega “privelege” comments
Daisy Ridley has opened up about the distress she felt following an 2019 interview in which she was asked about her “privilege” growing up compared to her Star Wars co-star John Boyega.Ridley starred as Rey alongside Boyega in three Star Wars outings, films The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).The comments, which were made in a Guardian interview, came after Ridley was asked by the interviewer about her “privileged” upbringing. The interviewer quizzed Ridley on “if she thinks it has been easier to be confident and navigate her celebrity because of the privilege in her life” including “boarding school and her upbringing.” Ridley attended Tring Park Performing Arts School in Hertfordshire on a scholarship.The interviewer went on to write that Ridley felt there was “little difference between her experience and that of her co-star John Boyega, who grew up in south London to British Nigerian immigrant parents.”Ridley said in the Guardian interview: “John grew up on a council estate in Peckham and I think me and him are similar enough that… no… Also, I went to a boarding school for performing arts, which was different.”Now, in a new interview with The Telegraph, Ridley has opened up about the comments, claiming that her words were taken out of context.She told the outlet: “I literally couldn’t sleep after that came out…because I felt like, honestly, it was a purposeful de-contextualising.
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‘Rebel Ridge’ ending explained: is justice brought to the town of Shelby Springs?
**Warning: spoilers ahead**The pulsating action thriller Rebel Ridge is streaming on Netflix now, but is Aaron Pierre’s former Marine able to bring justice to the town of Shelby Springs? Read on for all the info.The film stars Pierre, a rising British actor who has appeared in Old, The Underground Railroad and The A Word, as Terry Richmond, a highly skilled martial artist who is seeking to post bail for his cousin, but has the money seized unjustly by the local police. In trying to retrieve the money, Richmond uncovers a complex web of constitutional corruption that threatens his life and that of those who try to help him.Rebel Ridge is written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room, Blue Ruin), and also stars Don Johnson as the local police chief, James Cromwell as the judge, and AnnaSophia Robb as Summer McBride, a legal clerk that sides with Richmond.In 2021, it was reported that John Boyega had walked away from the film mid-shoot due to “family reasons”, although the actor’s representatives later said claims he had simply walked away without telling producers were untrue.When Terry Richmond (Pierre) has his cousin’s bail money seized by the corrupt local police force, he challenges their authority, ultimately confronting the Chief Sandy Burnne (Johnson).
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