I thought they did a great job at casting especially when it comes to Daisy Ridley. Who would have thought that such an unknown would give such a great performance.
I thought she was quite ‘wooden’ very much like prequel characters but each to their own, must be difficult acting to thin air though.
You might be the only person on the planet who feels this way. It’s certainly not an “each their own” situation.
Several reviewers said she was quite wooden – The Evening Standard review really slated her.
Didn’t Daisy herself say JJ had criticised her at first? I also remember reading an article quoting Peter Mayhew saying he thought she was wooden at first but loosened up.
I definitely thought she was quite wooden in the first half of the film; several friends said the same. The scene on the freighter where she and Finn were running from the rathtars, where she puts her hand over her mouth, being the most cringeworthy example of this – school play level.
That’s not to say she didn’t adequately carry herself in other scenes. There did seem to be an improvement in her acting as the film progressed.