Daisy Ridley is in negotiations to star in the upcoming movie
Young Woman And The Sea, which is about the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.
The 28-year-old
Star Wars actress will play Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in the movie, according to Deadline. She made the 21 mile swim across the English Channel back in 1926.
The film will be based on the book of the same name by
Glenn Stout with a script by
Jeff Nathanson, who previously wrote the screenplay for
Catch Me if You Can, along with movies like
Tower Heist,