Two popular Irish stars join star-studded cast for reboot of iconic period drama movie as filming kicks off in UK
Jane Austen's classic Sense & Sensibility is set to get another outing on the big screen thirty years on from its first
film
adaptation.
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Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility will make a return to the big screen
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Fiona Shaw has been cast as Mrs Jennings in the film reboot
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Catriona Balfe was announced to play Mrs Dashwood
The second adaptation of the legendary tale has already seen some major names cast.
While Hanna
star
Esme Creed-Miles will star as Marianne Dashwood, the emotional and reckless sister.
Yesterday it was announced that
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Shaw will be accompanied by another Irish lady -
Balfe is expected to play Elinor and Marianne's mum, Mrs Dashwood.
George MacKay is also on board the flick as Edward Ferrars, Elinor's adorably dorky love interest.
You might recognise him from his role in the critically acclaimed flick 1917.
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Frank Dillane will play the roguish John Willoughby, the suitor who ultimately breaks Marianne's heart.
He's probably most familiar to American audiences for his role on AMC's series
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Filming for the highly anticipated revival of the 90s classic began earlier this month in the
However, a release date has yet to be announced for the movie.
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Sense and Sensibility follows the fortunes of the three Dashwood sisters in the 18th century.
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Following the death of their father, the sisters and their mother are forced to move out of their
family
estate and into a cottage with a relative.
Their half-brother, who had promised their father that he would support them, is instead persuaded by his wife to withhold financial support.
His wife also sets about blocking a potential match with Elinor and her brother.
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Meanwhile, Marianne is attempting to stave off a marriage to the much older, but wealthy, Colonel Brandon, and instead falls in love with the dashing, but weak-willed, John Willoughby.
As the plot unfolds, the sisters find themselves experiencing contrasting
relationship
stories.
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