The actress has been facing her fears in a lot of recent roles.

Daisy Ridley is taking on an action-packed role in Cleaner later this month, and she had to thank Tom Cruise for inspiring her performance. The Star Wars star plays Joey Locke, a highly-trained military veteran now working as a window cleaner on a high-rise skyscraper in London. In an interview with ComicBook, Ridley admitted that this was a challenge because she personally doesn’t care for heights — though her character is fine with them. She said she had to face this fear head on throughout filming, and to do so, she thought of Tom Cruise’s infamous stunt performances and tried to channel his bravery.

“No, I actually really don’t like heights,” Ridley said with a laugh. “It’s funny, because I did Young Woman and the Sea, and I really don’t like the open water, and it was just another thing where I thought, ‘I’ve made the decision, because I really want to do the film.’ But the reality is, both characters are facing things I really don’t like.”