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Daisy Edgar-Jones chats to us at the Sense and Sensibility premiere about love, longing and why her character still feels so relevant today.

She also reveals her own red and green flags, talks about why complicated love stories seem to keep finding her, and explains how the film brought out a different kind of love — including sisterly love, despite being an only child herself.

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00:00I don't know if I have any, it's only red flags.
00:03What is it about complicated love stories that keep on finding you?
00:08I feel like love in all its forms is always complicated.
00:10That's what happens when human beings kind of collide and that's also the beauty of it.
00:15But I'm always interested in love.
00:18I think romantic films and books have always been the thing that I've most loved to watch and consume.
00:24With each of these roles that you play, does it bring up the lover side of you more and more
00:28and more?
00:29Well, I loved, I mean, I loved playing Eleanor.
00:32Like I think, yeah, it definitely doesn't, and this was a different facet of love that I feel like I
00:35explored.
00:35I explored sisterly love and I don't have siblings.
00:38So that for me was so wonderful and actually feels like the real love story of the film really is
00:43the girls.
00:43And that was such a, honestly, such a privilege to be able to experience that.
00:47And as an actor, what's it like for you to have a character that was written 200 years ago,
00:51but it's still so relevant and so well-rounded?
00:53I mean, that's such a testament to Austen's writing really.
00:56And I feel like our filmmaker Georgia had such a wonderful vision.
00:59She really wanted to make these women feel alive and of the earth.
01:03And Eleanor, yeah, she's such an incredible character.
01:05I've always really been drawn to characters that, you know, hold a lot back.
01:08And I think that's the beauty of novels and film that you get to actually be close to those people
01:12who kind of are the silent heroes.
01:13You know, there's a lot going on for Eleanor, but she doesn't always let people see that.
01:17And I always, I've always loved those people in life and I love those characters too.
01:22Lovely.
01:24Super quick one.
01:25What are your biggest red flags and green flags in yourself?
01:29In myself?
01:31God, I don't know if I have any, it's only red flags.
01:33No, I'm joking.
01:35God, the biggest red flags.
01:37I say sorry too much, probably.
01:39Green flags.
01:40I mean well.
01:43Yes.
01:44Amazing.
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