Deborah Ross

Should beautiful actors be allowed to play those with plain faces?

Daisy Ridley is excellent as drab Fran in the film Sometimes I Think About Dying – but it's yet another example of a beautiful woman pretending she's not

Daisy Ridley as drab Fran in Sometimes I Think About Dying 
issue 20 April 2024
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Sometimes I Think About Dying is one of those titles you want to shout back at – what? Only sometimes? It is co-produced by, and stars, Daisy Ridley from the Star Wars franchise who, in going from a blockbuster to an interesting independent film, is taking the opposite of the usual career trajectory.

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