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‘Young Woman and the Sea’: Daisy Ridley Trained for Months to Play Female Swimming Champion and Shot Scenes Until Her Lips Turned Blue


"Young Woman and the Sea" director Joachim Rønning on Daisy Ridley's swimming training and working with Jerry Bruckheimer.

SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending for “ Young Woman and the Sea,” currently playing in theaters. I wanted to be in the real elements with Daisy Ridley swimming through the currents and cold water,” says the director whose credits include “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” and “Kon-Tiki.” Faur was no stranger to shooting water having worked on the disaster film “The Impossible” with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland.

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