* Director Georgia Oakley says the sisters learn from each other in this adaptation

* Global cinematic rollout begins September 23

by Francesca Halliwell

LONDON, Sept 15 – Daisy Edgar-Jones said the latest film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel celebrates sisterhood and self-discovery, rather than defining its two heroes only by “sensibility” and “sensitivity”.

Director Georgia Oakley echoed this sentiment at the world premiere on Tuesday.

“In the book…Elinor’s character is a sensitive character, Marianne is a sensitive character, and Marianne is judged by society and has to learn from Elinor,” she said. “Whereas in our version it’s much more symbiotic and it’s about two sisters learning from each other.”

Oakley’s latest adaptation, written by screenwriter Diana Reed, comes more than three decades after Emma Thompson’s Oscar-winning role on the Austen classic.

The film is based on sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, played by “Normal People” Edgar-Jones and “Hannah” star Esme Creed-Miles. While pursuing their own romantic interests, the sisters’ contrasting views on love repeatedly put their relationship to the test.

Oakley said that the lead actors both brought elements of themselves to their roles. He said, “Esme is a kind of unique person, the way I imagined Marianne when I first read the book.” “And Daisy also has a lot of patience and is very conscientious… She was number one on our call sheet and she really led the film.”

15-year-old Bodhi Rae Breathnach, whose breakout role came in “Hamnet,” plays the sisters’ younger sister, Margaret. Breathnach, an only child, said that the bond between Edgar-Jones and Creed-Miles extended beyond the screen, making them feel like the sisters she never had.

He said, “I’m really grateful that out of all those people, I had my two sisters, because it was really like I had brothers and sisters.”

Norwegian actor Herbert Nodrum, who played Colonel Brandon, one of the Dashwood sisters’ suitors, also felt a sense of camaraderie. “The Worst Person in the World” star described joining the production — her first experience on the set of a British period drama — as both surreal and welcomed.

He said, “It felt like I had been included in your national football team and everyone was passing the ball to me without any awkwardness.”

For “Harry Potter” star Fiona Shaw, another Jane Austen adaptation offered a chance to revisit an author whose understanding of human nature keeps drawing her back. Shaw, who appeared in the 1995 adaptation of “Persuasion” and will also appear in the upcoming “Pride and Prejudice” Netflix series, said Austen’s work is still relevant today.

Shaw said, “We just get it, you know? She’s both forgiving and unforgiving, and she’s also celebrating life.”

“In the end, that’s what we want literature to do too… We’re all full of faults, but we’re full of life, and that’s what it does.”

“Sense & Sensibility” will begin its global cinematic rollout on September 23.

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