--- title: Star Wars: Daisy Ridley Wears Pillowcase to Hide Hair description: Daisy Ridley was recently able to make time in her filming schedule for a workout. However, she also had to hide her Star Wars hair. canonical: https://time.com/4395662/daisy-ridley-star-wars-pillowcase-hair/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-06T21:28:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:08.844Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Daisy Ridley Wore a Pillowcase on Her Head to Hide Her Star Wars Hair og:description: Her hair is full of secrets og:url: https://time.com/4395662/daisy-ridley-star-wars-pillowcase-hair/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daisy Ridley Wore a Pillowcase on Her Head to Hide Her Star Wars Hair twitter:description: Her hair is full of secrets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Why Daisy Ridley Had to Work Out With a Pillowcase on Her Head  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 6, 2016 9:28 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 6, 2016 9:28 PM UTC [Daisy Ridley](http://time.com/4307562/star-wars-daisy-ridley-shows-off-new-jedi-skills/) is in the middle of filming [_Star Wars: Episode VIII_](http://time.com/4329059/star-wars-episode-viii-mystery-and-excitement-surrounds-filming-in-ireland/) — the still untitled sequel to [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4275495/star-wars-the-force-awakens-deleted-scenes/) — but that doesn’t mean she’s slacking on her fitness. The 24-year-old actress was recently able to make time in her busy schedule for a workout, but in order to do so she had to make an unusual fashion decision. Ridley posted a video to her Instagram Wednesday of herself pumping some iron with a pillowcase on her head. “SURPRISE! It’s [#workoutwednesday](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/workoutwednesday/) cause I don’t know if I have time to train Friday! Ran to the gym between different set ups so wore a pillowcase on my head to protect my REY HAIRSTYLE from Instagram’s gaze,” she captioned the clip, adding the hashtags #topemployee and #secrecyqueen. And while it doesn’t seem like a hairdo could reveal too much about the plot of the movie, who knows what she’s hiding under there. Start speculating, _Star Wars_ fans. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4395662/daisy-ridley-star-wars-pillowcase-hair/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4395662/daisy-ridley-star-wars-pillowcase-hair/"},"headline":"Here's Why Daisy Ridley Had to Work Out With a Pillowcase on Her Head","datePublished":"2016-07-06T21:28:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:08.844Z","description":"Her hair is full of secrets","url":"https://time.com/4395662/daisy-ridley-star-wars-pillowcase-hair/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","celebrities","Star Wars topic","daisy ridley","Star Wars Episode VIII"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4395662/daisy-ridley-star-wars-pillowcase-hair/","name":"Here's Why Daisy Ridley Had to Work Out With a Pillowcase on Her Head"}}]}] ```