Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's Daisy Ridley cried through her "incredibly dramatic" final scene

Disney's trilogy of Star Wars reboots took actress Daisy Ridley from appearing in the good-but-culty Toast of London to the leading star of cinema's biggest franchise and a name who gets to appear in a host of Hollywood movies.

It's no surprise, then, that her last day on the set of the trilogy that changed her life was quite emotional.

Speaking to People's Couch Surfing about wrapping up Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Rey actress said: "I just can’t remember [my final day], I remember JJ [Abrams, the director] making a speech and I sort of remember a couple things he said, like I’m always on time, which I appreciate him saying.

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"And then he went to pass me the mic and I was the last person to wrap. It was my final shot and I’m just crying in the shot… It was incredibly dramatic.

"Literally can’t remember what I said. [I] hugged a number of people and then got in the car and looked out the window like I was in a music video: tears rolling down my face, hand to the window, thinking about days gone past."

Recently, the actress opened up about her first days on The Force Awakens, revealing that she suffered from imposter syndrome.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be released on Thursday, December 19 in the UK and Friday, December 20 in the US.

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