Film festival organisers say they were left “really surprised” after Star Wars Daisy Ridley agreed to join their judging panel.
The 34-year-old – best known for playing Rey in the sci-fi franchise – agreed “almost straight away” to get involved with Worcester Film Festival, said its co-founder Henrik Harms.
The festival takes place at the Odeon cinema in Foregate Street from 22 to 26 September, showcasing more than 250 films across five days.
“We usually reach out every year to agents to see if there would be anyone up for it and we were really surprised when Daisy’s agent came back almost straight away to say yes,” said Harms.
“She can’t make it, unfortunately, to the ceremony but she’s given us a video to play and it is the most wholesome video,” he added.
“In it, she says it’s the first time she’s ever done judging for a film festival before so that’s really nice.”
The BBC has approached Ridley’s agent for comment.