Plotlines get changed or chopped, the cast of characters has been streamlined to less than 10, the costumes are as period-accurate to the 19th century as a Honda Accord and there is a song by Charli xcx. And, as far as pairing a literary classic with this director’s idiosyncratic style, nobody goes to a movie by Fennell, the devilish mind behind “Saltburn” and “Promising Young Woman,” for a stuffy BBC miniseries from the late ‘80s. By happenstance, Fennell cast 16-year-old Owen Cooper, the breakout star of Netflix’s “Adolescence,” as the young buck before his TV show exploded and he replaced his soccer trophies with an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
Author: Johnny Oleksinski
Published at: 2026-02-09 22:43:45
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