-I think the last time you were here,
it was before "The Force Awakens" opened.
-Yeah.
-And it went on to be like the biggest movie of all time.
-Yeah, that's right, yeah. -Yeah, I mean --
-Not -- Yeah Not too shabby, yeah.
What has happened with your life in the past two years?
What's the biggest thing that's changed or happened?
If you remember. -Um, well, I was realizing today
the biggest thing is singing with Barbra Streisand.
-Oh, that's right! You were on the duets album.
-Yeah.
-That was also, like, the number-one album at one point.
-Yeah, it is. -You had a great couple years.
Yeah, not bad. [ Cheers and applause ]
How did you hook up -- That's right.
It was you and Anne Hathaway. -Anne Hathaway, yeah.
-How did you hook up to sing with Barbra Streisand?
-Well, J.J.'s good friends with her,
so I went around for tea at her house.
Yes! I love tea. -And I left --
-I love how to make tea. -I literally sobbed.
I can't believe I've just been at Barbra Streisand's house.
[ Laughter ]
-That's how you talked the whole time.
[ Stuttering ] "I love you, Barbra!
You're one of my all-time favorites!"
You're just like, "I'm gonna write it down, okay?
just look, just read what I'll say.
I love you." -Yeah, it was amazing.
-And she was super cool. -She was so great.
-Where were you? In the studio?
-No, went to her house in Malibu.
-You were in the house? -Yeah.
-[ Gasps ] -I did see the shopping alley.
-Yeah, she has, like, a mall in her house.
-Yeah, she told me about it. I didn't have time to stay.
I had to catch a flight.
Can you imagine? I was like, "Sorry, Babs."
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, my gosh.
-Yeah, and then we recorded it, and my dad was there.
He loves hearing me sing, so the whole thing was fantastic.
-Your dad flipped out? -Yeah.
-Does he flip out that you're in "Star Wars"?
-No. [ Laughter ]
-Really? That's not --
-No. He's got this new thing that he calls the Papa Edit.
So, like, if I'm in an advert a lot,
he's like, "That's my edit." [ Laughs ]
Otherwise, he's like -- He loves Morgan freeman,
and he really likes me, 'cause I'm his child.
[ Laughter ]
-Morgan Freeman is not in "Star Wars."
-No, if he was, he would be so thrilled.
[ Laughter ]
-Is that right? -Yeah, no.
He likes it. Like, he -- you know.
-Does he come to the set? Does he see --
-Yeah. He came to the set, yeah.
He came to Ireland when we were sort of re-doing
the end bit for the beginning bit of "The Last Jedi."
-Oh, I remember the end.
I mean, I don't want to spoil it, but did he meet Mark Hamill?
-Yeah, he -- I don't know if he was joking,
but he did say, "Who do you play, then?"
-No, he did not. [ Laughter ]
That is not -- That is not true.
He was joking. -He must have been.
-He had to have been joking.
Yeah, everyone knows who he plays.
-Yeah, yeah. -Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, you work with this legends --
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, who was just --
Gosh you have been --
Carrie Fisher, who, sadly, is no longer with us.
But, gosh, I loved Carrie Fisher, as well.
-Yeah.
-Did she ever talk to you or give you advice?
-I think it was more a "lead by example" thing.
Because Harrison, Carrie, and Mark,
it wasn't really, like, "Oh, this is what's gonna happen.
This is what you should do."
It's more like, you know, they live their lives,
and they're awesome, and they all have families,
and live very happily, and then work, and then go home.
And Carrie just never shrunk from
what it is, what she is,
what she was, everything.
So it was more that thing,
of not shrinking away from it and being nervous about it.
-Just be yourself and as loud as you want to be.
-Exactly. -Yeah, that's fantastic.
-Yeah.
-I know how hard you work on these films.
I think last time, you showed me some moves, and...
It's just crazy.
I think even J.J. showed me a clip
that no one is allowed to see.
-Oh, really? -Oh, yeah, yeah.
It was, like, super top secret.
-He actually put a laser in my brain so I forgot about it.
[ Laughter ]
But it's so much work that goes into these things.
I'm telling you, it's like -- It's crazy.
But then I heard that you also worked
the wrap party in Ireland. -Yeah, I did.
The thing is, like, not to float my own boat,
but I'm a really good bartender.
[ Laughter ]
Because I worked in a pub for like --
you know, in two different pubs for like a year and a half...
-You did? -...in a rowdy London district.
-How old are you, then? I'm sorry to ask.
-Like 19, 20, 21? Just before --
-See, that's the problem. [ Laughter ]
19, 20, 21 -- We just rounded it out.
-Just before "Star Wars." -Yeah.
-I got cast in February,
and I stopped working there in December.
-Wow. -Yeah, yeah.
-I love stories like that.
-So I'm a good bartender, so I worked the wrap party.
-So what was going on at the wrap party?
-It was just like -- There was a big queue, you know?
-Yeah, there was a big line.
-And I was like, "Hey, guys, can I bet -- get back there?"
Bet back there? Get back there.
-Yeah, now I gotcha, yeah.
-And I did, and it was fantastic.
-And you can make cocktails and beers, everything?
-Yeah, yeah. -Can you pour a Guinness?
-Oh, yeah. -That's the secret, yeah.
-I can do it all. -You do it all, yeah.
Now, "The Last Jedi" --
I know we're not even really even allowed to talk about it,
and I wouldn't want to,
and I won't spoil anything for anybody,
because I really don't know what's going on,
and I have not seen it, and you've not shown me anything.
-No. -And it's not J.J. this time.
-No. -No, it is Rian.
-Rian. -Yeah.
And he was not here to show me secret stuff.
But just so fans out there know, I will not spoiler,
but there's a -- There's a porg.
-Yeah. -Porg is very cute.
-The porg's very cute. -The porg is very cute,
and that's in this one, but that's all I can really --
I can't say anything else. It looks great.
I can't wait to see it. -Thank you.
-I'm going to show everyone a clip of --
But this is already out, so I'm not spoiling anything.
Yeah. Here's a part...
[ Laughter ]
I'm going to show you something,
but you guys have to forget you ever saw this.
[ Laughter ] Here we go.
Here's Daisy Ridley in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
Take a look.
[ Lightsaber humming ]
♪♪♪♪
-Something...
inside me has always been there.
♪♪♪♪
But now it's awake.
And I need help.
[ Lightsaber humming ]
[ Rumbling ]
♪♪♪♪
-I've seen this raw strength only once before.
It didn't scare me enough then.
It does now.
-Yes! [ Cheers and applause ]
I cannot wait!
You're so good.
Daisy Ridley.