{"id":872203,"date":"2026-10-06T00:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872203\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T00:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:42:08","slug":"daisy-edgar-jones-says-sense-and-sensibility-will-offer-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872203\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Edgar-Jones Says Sense and Sensibility Will Offer \u2018Something New\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

As any Jane Austen fans know, the 1995 Sense and Sensibility<\/a> adaptation is tough to beat. Even Daisy Edgar-Jones<\/a>, the star of the newest Sense and Sensibility<\/a> adaptation, admits, \u201cI grew up loving the Ang Lee<\/a> version of the film and Emma Thompson<\/a>\u2019s role as Elinor.\u201d But, as she says in the latest episode of Rotten Tomatoes and Focus Features\u2019 \u201cWomen in Focus Features,\u201d her interpretation, helmed by director Georgia Oakley<\/a>, will offer \u201csomething new.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor Dashwood in the new take on the classic, a role she calls a career \u201chighlight\u201d \u2014 an impressive title given that she starred in the box office smash Twisters<\/a> and the beloved miniseries Normal People<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve always been attracted to women that are sensitive and strong-willed, but also deeply kind of internal,\u201d the actor explains. \u201cAnd I think she is somebody that feels a lot and just knows how to govern it. She\u2019s often described as the sense in the film, and Marianne the sensibility, but actually I think what I love most about Elinor is that she\u2019s full to the brim of sensibility, she\u2019s just able to kind of control it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

It makes sense, then, that when asked about her favorite female performances from Focus Features, she calls out Kiera Knightley<\/a>\u2019s work in Pride & Prejudice<\/a>, another Austen adaptation. \u201cI think her Elizabeth Bennet is a work of art,\u201d she says. Her other favorites include Jessie Buckley<\/a> in Hamnet<\/a> and, of course, Inde Navarette<\/a> in Obsession<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out the full \u201cWomen in Focus Features\u201d episode to find out what Edgar-Jones loves about their performances and what sets her new Sense and Sensibility apart.<\/p>\n

Sense and Sensibility<\/a> hits theaters October 16 and tickets are available now on Fandango<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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