Dakota Johnsonis caught in a love triangle.
The actress, 32, stars in Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Jane Austen’sPersuasionas Anne Elliot, who has to decide whether to rekindle a romance with Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis), the one who got away. According to the official synopsis, Anne must “choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.”
“Don’t let anyone tell you how to live. Or who to love,” Johnson says in the trailer, as her character breaks the fourth wall to speak to the audience.
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Acclaimed theater director Carrie Cracknell is making her directorial debut with the movie, after directing Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge on Broadway inSea Wall/A Life.
Johnson toldVogueback in December that makingPersuasionwas “so fun.”
“Doing a Jane Austen film is the dream, and there are only a few of them so I feel incredibly lucky,” she said at the time. “The cast is amazing and our director Carrie Cracknell is fantastic. I think they’re still in the edit, but I’m so curious to see how it turns out.”
Persuasiondebuts on Netflix July 15.
source: people.com