Daisy Ridley had a panic attack on the very first day of shooting Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This was because the director, J.J Abrams, left her a note that will be etched in her memory for life. He described Ridley as “wooden.” The actress was already struggling to fight her way through the jitters, to the point that she almost left the franchise, but eventually she chose to not give her power over to someone else and continued shooting.