Daisy Edgar-Jones leads new Sense and Sensibility film

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Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor Dashwood in a new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, directed by Georgia Oakley.

Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor, the elder and more sensible Dashwood sister, in a new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility directed by Georgia Oakley. The film is released in cinemas on Friday. This adaptation has the distinction of being the first major Sense and Sensibility to be directed by a woman.

Esmé Creed-Miles plays Marianne, Elinor's more romantically inclined sister. The supporting cast includes George MacKay, Frank Dillane and Herbert Nordrum. Edgar-Jones, described as one of the bright young talents of her generation, said the relationship between the sisters was 'kind of everything' to the film. Director Oakley, who studied Austen in school, echoed this sentiment, saying 'The film, as I saw it, would kind of live or die by the relationship between those two actors'. For English actors of a certain age, appearing in an Austen adaptation has become almost a rite of passage. Ang Lee's 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility earned Kate Winslet her first Oscar nomination and Emma Thompson her first screenwriting win.

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• Meet the new Dashwoods: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles star in ‘Sense and Sensibility’Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor Dashwood in a new “Sense and Sensibility” adaptation directed by Georgia Oakley.Clickorlando · 14 Oct, 06:00
• Meet the new Dashwoods: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles star in ‘Sense and Sensibility’Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor Dashwood in a new “Sense and Sensibility” adaptation directed by Georgia Oakley.News4Jax · 14 Oct, 06:00

In this story: Daisy Edgar-Jones · Esmé Creed-Miles · Georgia Oakley · Jane Austen · George MacKay · Frank Dillane · Herbert Nordrum

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