--- title: Watch Judi Dench and Daisy Ridley on Star Wars VIDEO description: Daisy Ridley got trapped into an interrogation from Judi Dench and Josh Gad, her costars on 'Murder on the Orient Express,' about Star Wars. canonical: https://time.com/4665253/daisy-ridley-judi-dench-josh-gad/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-09T21:18:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:57.905Z og:title: Watch Judi Dench Grill Daisy Ridley for 'Star Wars' Spoilers og:description: Josh Gad and Judi Dench tried to trap her into spilling, but it was a no-go. og:url: https://time.com/4665253/daisy-ridley-judi-dench-josh-gad/ 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: Watch Judi Dench Grill Daisy Ridley for 'Star Wars' Spoilers twitter:description: Josh Gad and Judi Dench tried to trap her into spilling, but it was a no-go. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Judi Dench Grilling Daisy Ridley About _Star Wars_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 9, 2017 9:18 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 9, 2017 9:18 PM UTC It’s a good thing _Star Wars_ [actor Daisy Ridley](http://time.com/4317608/star-wars-day-daisy-ridley-may-fourth/?iid=sr-link2) has a mean poker face, because lately her ability to keep a secret has been sorely put to the test by the interrogative abilities of fellow actors [Josh Gad](http://time.com/4195456/josh-gad-donald-trump-i-touch-myself/?iid=sr-link1) and [Dame Judi Dench. ](http://time.com/4389528/judi-dench-tattoo-birthday/?iid=sr-link2) Gad, her costar on the upcoming [_Murder on the Orient Express_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/13/murder-on-the-orient-express-remake-in-the-works/?iid=sr-link1), is apparently a big Star Wars fan—and has been taking advantage of filming with Ridley to ambush her with questions and see if she’ll unwittingly reveal spoilers for the [upcoming eighth movie](http://time.com/4649004/mark-hamill-star-wars/?iid=sr-link1) in the sci-fi franchise, [_Star Wars: The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/4643405/star-wars-episode-viii-title-the-last-jedi/?iid=sr-link2). He’s now posted three videos of Ridley stopping by his dressing room trailer, where she is forced to deflect his merciless line of questioning. This week, Gad decided to switch things up by getting none other than Judi Dench (also on the cast of _Murder on the Orient Express_) to play along. As Ridley enters the trailer, Gad quickly switches up the script. “You’re answering _her_ Star Wars questions,” he says, panning to Dench. The legendary actress then proceeds to grill Ridley with some very specific queries. Through it all, Ridley manages to (barely) keep a straight face, before buckling under the pressure. “OK,” she finally concedes to Dench—at which point the video cuts out. > [](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/829326748970000385) And here are Gad’s earlier attempts at digging up some dirt: > [](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/826858035981197316) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4665253/daisy-ridley-judi-dench-josh-gad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4665253/daisy-ridley-judi-dench-josh-gad/"},"headline":"Here's Judi Dench Grilling Daisy Ridley About Star Wars","datePublished":"2017-02-09T21:18:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:57.905Z","description":"Josh Gad and Judi Dench tried to trap her into spilling, but it was a no-go.","url":"https://time.com/4665253/daisy-ridley-judi-dench-josh-gad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4665253/daisy-ridley-judi-dench-josh-gad/","name":"Here's Judi Dench Grilling Daisy Ridley About Star Wars"}}]}] ```