In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports, actress Daisy Ridley discusses her role as Trudy Ederle in the upcoming film ‘Young Woman and the Sea’. Ridley talks about the challenges and triumphs that Ederle faced during her historic swim across the English Channel and the impact it had on women’s sports.
Ridley also touches on the importance of equality in women’s sports and the need to continue breaking barriers and stereotypes. ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ aims to shed light on the incredible story of Trudy Ederle and inspire future generations of female athletes.
Stay tuned for the release of ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ to witness the remarkable journey of Trudy Ederle and her groundbreaking achievement in sports history.
It was the biggest parade for an athlete in New York as over two million people came out to cheer her success.
Now her story is being brought back to life in ‘Young Woman and the Sea’, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer with actress Daisy Ridley playing the role of Trudy in a powerful film that showcases overcoming challenges and prejudice to achieve something remarkable.
A lot of women have been lost to history so being able to play one of those women is wonderful, Ridley told Sky Sports News, as the Star Wars actress described how much she enjoyed the role of revealing Trudy’s story to the world.
There is a wonderful message in there because we are honouring someone who is real and did something that she was told she couldn’t do.
‘Young Woman and the Sea’ tells the extraordinary story of Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle, the first ever woman to swim the English Channel available now on Disney+
Ridley herself only became aware of the story behind the film when the script was introduced to her based on Glenn Stout’s book and with the film now available to watch on Disney+, she told Sky Sports News of her disbelief that she and her colleagues had not heard of her before.
People don’t know about her now and it was only 100 years ago which seems just bonkers.
What she did was so monumental and at the time that she did it in, she probably changed women’s sport in a way that she could never have imagined.
Ridley hopes that Trudy’s inspirational sporting story can positively impact society again and be a force of good for young people from any background to overcome adversity and follow their dreams.
She did something women were fundamentally told they couldn’t do and the psychological barriers she broke when she did it allowed other people to think that it was possible, Ridley said.
Hopefully this film inspires everyone.