Fallon: New Star Wars Character Rey Hired by Jeb Bush Since She ‘Tries to Salvage’ Wrecks

Curtis Houck | December 4, 2015
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Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon chose to weave the 2016 election and the promotion of upcoming guest Daisy Ridley from Star Wars: The Force Awakens into his opening monologue late Thursday by joking that Ridley’s character had been hired by the Jeb Bush campaign in “an interesting coincidence” since “she plays a character who tries to salvage massive wreckages.”

After reminding the audience that “Daisy Ridley from the new Star Wars movie is here tonight,” Fallon explained that “everyone's talking about her role and in the movie, she plays a character who tries to salvage massive wreckages.”

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