How to pronounce “ridley” in English

Ridley. Matt Ridley: Thank you, Boris very much indeed, and it's a terrific honor to be here at Google.

Ridley: Yeah, yeah.

Ridley: Exactly, and what they didn't spot was that communication was going to have this explosion.

And Ridley Scott said, I'll direct, and they're like, OK.

And Ridley is such a fan of practical effects that a lot of that stuff that you think is CGI isn't.

Matt Ridley: Yeah, that's a really good question.

Matt Ridley: Well, it's a good question, and I'm looking at Stephen because we were talking about this earlier.

Matt Ridley: Okay.

So then they had Ridley Scott and Matt Damon attached, and that's when they really started to take it seriously.

That's how Ridley rolls.

I got to meet Ridley Scott, Jessica Chastain.

And I know that Ridley really loved the first "Star Wars,"-- in fact, he was traumatized when he saw it.

And so to approach Ridley's universe through the lens of something that is so familiar to me, it helped me to define what I will keep from the first movie

So if Ridley Scott was sitting here, he would look at me and say, what the hell is he talking about?

comparison I thank Matt Ridley for this slide

My name is Matt Ridley.

And then Ridley Scott said, I'll direct it, and they said, oh really?

So once they have Ridley Scott on board to direct and Matt Damon on board to star that's pretty much when they made the decision that they're

I read the novella that Ridley and Hampton Francher, one of the original writers, developed as a kind of exercise

And then he worked in collaboration with Ridley.

And so the input of Ridley is huge because he created the screenplay.

This is from my friend Matt Ridley, wonderful evolutionary biologist and journalist.

I rewatched what Ridley called his director's cut.

Well, Ridley called me and said, would you, in theory, would you be interested in revisiting

So Ridley, how much creative input did he have once the filming started?

Matt Ridley is the author of proactive books on evolution, genetics, and society.

is an ancestral relation of mine called Bishop Nicholas Ridley.

And it's the only way I was able is to work with Ridley behind me totally impossible.

And next, you've got Matt Damon and Ridley Scott and all.

And eventually, you team up with the Daisy Ridley character, Rey, Han Solo, BB-8.

But about the-- no-- first of all, when I heard that Ridley Scott, Andrew Kosove,

The thing is that basically, I stood between both fathers because Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott, they still don't agree about that.

And he finds the beautiful Rey, played by Daisy Ridley.

A film version of the book is actually coming out in October, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.

I went to Russia last fall, with a friend of mine named Ridley Pearson, the co-author of some books I wrote.

It is my distinct pleasure to welcome Matt Ridley today to Google.

Of course, many other people know of leatherbacks, olive ridleys, Kemp's ridleys.

I mean, there's stuff in there that-- I remember breaking down a scene, writing Daisy Ridley as Rey, discovering

But then, there's one guy-- now the guy in the book, the guy's name is Eric Ridley.

And then, also a bunch of big name actors and actresses took an interest in the project, because it's Matt Damon and Ridley Scott in a big budget movie,

And then, while they were filming it, I would get these questions filtered through four intermediaries from Ridley Scott.

I'm in a rock band of authors, with Stephen King, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Ridley Pearson, Greg Iles, Roy Blount Jr.,

Picking up from that point-- and Steve had very clear ideas about certain elements that the screenwriter, John Ridley,

I do leave on an optimistic note, 'cause I am actually optimistic.I know it's rare these days but.There's a great book called the Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley, has anyone read that.And