Young Woman And The Sea Trailer: Daisy Ridley Is In Deep Water As She Swims The Channel

Since her Star Wars trilogy ended, Daisy Ridley has largely ploughed herself into indie fare. She’s soon to be seen in morbid drama Sometimes I Think About Dying, and led Neil Burger’s psychological thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter – but next, she’s switching gears again. She’s the titular young woman of Young Woman And The Sea (note: the sea is being played by… well, the sea), which is a character-focused human drama – but not an indie film. No, it's a Disney production from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with Ridley playing Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle – the 1920s American swimming champion who made it her mission to swim the English Channel. Check out the trailer here:

Anyone else feeling nippy just watching that? For all that Rey had Daisy Ridley leaping through Star Destroyer caverns and fighting for her life in snowy battlefields, this looks like a different kind of physical challenge – heading into the deep end (literally) for a tale of personal and psychological endurance. And swarms of jellyfish. No thanks. The film is directed by Joachim Rønning – also behind the upcoming Tron: Ares – and was originally meant for Disney+, but is now receiving a theatrical release (reportedly due to strong test screenings). There are some other well-known faces here, including Brit favourites Stephen Graham, Christopher Eccleston, and Sian Clifford. Trudy’s sister Meg is played by Tilda Cobham-Hervey.

It’s not often that these kinds of big-studio, human-focused sports dramas make it to the screen any more – fingers crossed Young Woman And The Sea makes a splash when it comes to cinemas on 31 May.