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Daisy Edgar-Jones to lead new big-screen take on Sense and Sensibility


The Normal People and Twisters star will play Elinor in a new version of the Jane Austen classic

The actor, who broke out in hit miniseries Normal People, is set to play Elinor in a movie based on the first novel from the author whose 250th birthday is being celebrated by a number of events this year. The film will be directed by Georgia Oakley, who received acclaim for her 80s-set drama Blue Jean which told the story of a lesbian teacher keeping her sexuality under wraps in Thatcher’s England. The film joins an upcoming Netflix series based on Pride and Prejudice starring Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman.

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