Jodie Turner-Smith 's daughter doesn't want to wait to go to the theater. In fact, the Star Wars: The Acolyte actress—who shares her 4-year-old with ex Joshua Jackson —said their little one "already loves movies," having already seen quite a few at her young age. "Even from when she was much younger," Jodie noted on the June 3 broadcast of Good Morning America , "she will sit there watching something.
" However, the 37-year-old joked that the force isn't with her daughter, who was terrified when she first saw the trailer for Jodie's new Disney+ series. "She loves this little Star Wars cartoon and so I was like, 'Look, it's mummy in Star Wars ,'" Jodie recounted. "And she was like, 'Eek, scary!'" The Queen & Slim alum said she eventually apologized to her daughter—whose name has not been publicly disclosed—for frightening her with "so many lightsabers.
" Still, Jodie was thrilled to have her daughter be a part of her Star Wars journey. "I've never been so excited to watch myself in something," she added with a laugh. "When I saw the trailer for the first time, I jumped in the air like I was like Zendaya at the end scene of Challengers .
" And for Jodie, it's important for her to be a strong role model. As the Sex Education actress recently put it, "The bravest thing in the world is to recognize when something's not working and to make a move , and I always want to set that kind of example for my daughter." "Sometimes things we really want to work just don't end up working.