^

Freeman Cebu Entertainment

Daisy Ridley’s doppelganger

The Freeman

CEBU, Philippines – Daisy Ridley, breakout star of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” says she’s been compared to Keira Knightley her whole life. But, she says, she’s not wild about it.

“This is the one thing that I’m actually so ‘ugh’ about,” the 23-year-old says. “But it’s like, ‘Why do I have to be like someone else?’ People have always said that I look like Keira Knightley. But it is actually really frustrating.”

Ridley makes a point in her aversion to the comparison. “I just think every single person in the world has their own thing going on. And I just want to be me,” she says.

Ridley is hardly the first star to be compared to another famous person. And she’s also not the first to speak up about it.

“It’s a little bit annoying, to be totally blunt. The only similarity that we have is that we look a little bit alike,” Zooey Deschanel told MTV in 2009 about the comparisons between Katy Perry and herself. “I have met her before. She seems like a nice person. I’m happy that she’s famous enough now that she’s not going out and being mistaken for me.”

Last year, Knightley said she gets compared to Natalie Portman a lot, which is no real surprise, seeing as how she was cast in a small role in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” as a look-alike of Portman’s Queen Amidala.

“Natalie Portman I get a lot, and I get chased through airports,” Knightley said on The Graham Norton Show. “I feel quite sorry for her because she must get chased a lot because it’s happened like five times where someone’s been like, ‘Natalie! Natalie! Natalie!’ And I’ll sign and take a picture as Natalie.”

“Prometheus” star Logan Marshall-Green found comparisons to Tom Hardy amusing back in 2012…but the role of his double has already been cast.

“I’d be honored to be in the same sentence as Tom Hardy,” he told Elle magazine. “I’ve been a twin since the day I was born — fraternal, but we look a lot alike — so I’ve already been mixed up with another man my entire life.”

Still, there’s no denying the likeness between these two. Buzzfeed even put out a quiz dedicated to Hardy and Marshall-Green’s doppelgänger status.

vuukle comment

ACIRC

DAISY RIDLEY

FORCE AWAKENS

GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

HARDY AND MARSHALL-GREEN

KATY PERRY

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

KNIGHTLEY

NATALIE

STAR WARS

TOM HARDY

Philstar
x
  • Latest
Latest
Latest
abtest
Are you sure you want to log out?
X
Login

Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. Sign up now!

Get Updated:

Signup for the News Round now

FORGOT PASSWORD?
SIGN IN
or sign in with