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Daisy Ridley got a 'pat on the back' from swimmer Diana Nyad during 'trippy' encounter at Young Woman and the Sea premiere: 'It was the most surreal thing'


The feeling was mutual for the 74-year-old long-distance swimmer, who wrote on Instagram on May 17 that the 32-year-old Star Wars alum was 'captivating' as swimmer Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle

Ridley was trained by an Olympic silver medalist named Siobhan-Marie O'Connor to more authentically portray Trudy Ederle in Joachim Rønning's biopic, which hits limited UK/US theaters this Friday. Daisy was trained by an Olympic silver medalist named Siobhan-Marie O'Connor to more authentically portray Trudy Ederle (R) in Joachim Rønning's biopic, which hits limited UK/US theaters this Friday Ridley came up with the original story for her next film - Sam Yates' indie neo-noir Magpie - which was co-produced and written by her real-life husband Tom Bateman (R, pictured in 2023)

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