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Daisy Edgar-Jones reveals she's no longer playing Carole King in a movie adaptation of the Broadway bio-musical: 'That's no longer happening'


More than a year and a half after first signing on for the role, Daisy Edgar-Jones revealed she is not portraying singer-songwriter Carole King in a biopic.

After her breakthrough role in Normal People, Edgar-Jones went on to star in Fresh alongside Sebastian Stan and the adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing in 2022 There was no movement on the project until Edgar-Jones was cast in December 2022, with Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) set to direct and co-write the script with Stuart Blumberg. After her breakthrough role in Normal People, Edgar-Jones went on to star in Fresh alongside Sebastian Stan and the adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing in 2022.

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