J.J. Abrams Had to Remind Star Wars' Daisy Ridley Not to Baby-Talk the Droids

BB-8 is just so cute, though
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If you've ever thought that R2-D2 and BB-8 were cute little machine beans, you're not alone. Daisy Ridley, star of The Force Awakens, was straight-up enchanted by BB-8, so much so that J.J. Abrams had to give her a dose of reality.

"I had a chat with BB-8, and I remember J.J. saying, 'He's not a child' and obviously the impulse because he's small and cute is to infantilize. The impulse is to baby talk, but he's not a child. He's a droid with a mission," Ridley told Time.

First off, "I had a chat with BB-8" is one of the funniest sentences I've ever heard. Just a little chat, over coffee, with a droid puppet. I can totally see Ridley looking at herself in the mirror and reminding herself he's not a child, he's not a child, he's not a child.

But who could blame her? According to Ridley, "after they created him and puppeted him everyday and they gave him so much life that it didn't really feel any different to acting with a person. He's there moving around, he's making noises, he's responding to what I'm saying. It really is just like having a conversation."

And ain't that the truth? Just like BB-8, underneath it all, we're just moving around, making noises, and responding. And that's life, man. Whoa.