Persuasion: Costume designer reveals why Dakota Johnson’s input was ‘vital’
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Persuasion: Costume designer reveals why Dakota Johnson’s input was ‘vital’

The Independent  

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Just months after dropping the new season of Bridgerton, the streaming platform has released Jane Austen’s Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding. open image in gallery Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in Persuasion How did the costumes come together? open image in gallery Edward Bluemel as Captain Harville, Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot How crucial is dressing the supporting roles? open image in gallery Yolanda Kettle as Elizabeth Elliot, Richard E. Grant as Sir Walter Elliot, Lydia Rose Bewley as Penelope Clay, and Henry Golding as Mr. Elliot What was the hardest part of working on ‘Persuasion’?

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Persuasion Review: Dakota Johnson Dazzles as Anne Elliot in This Adaptation of Jane Austen’s Novel
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Persuasion Review: Dakota Johnson Dazzles as Anne Elliot in This Adaptation of Jane Austen’s Novel

News 18  

Jane Austen’s novels have a certain remarkable preciseness about them. Much of Austen’s work harps on this, and although she has been popular for 200 years with an extremely loyal fan base of readers, she rose to still greater heights after a couple of screen adaptations of her novels. Ang Lee’s elegant Sense and Sensibility as well as Amy Heckerling’s …

Why the creators of ‘Persuasion’ put a contemporary spin on Jane Austen’s classic
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Why the creators of ‘Persuasion’ put a contemporary spin on Jane Austen’s classic

LA Times  

In “Persuasion,” a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel made for Netflix, protagonist Anne Elliot speaks directly to the camera, addressing the audience like an old friend. “I’ve loved Jane Austen my whole life, and ‘Persuasion’ has always been my favorite novel,” Winslow says. “Her words do speak to contemporary audience in many, many ways, just not necessarily every …

Netflix’s Persuasion Isn’t Just Bad Austen. It’s One of the Worst Movies in Years.
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Netflix’s Persuasion Isn’t Just Bad Austen. It’s One of the Worst Movies in Years.

Slate  

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every essay relating to the work of Jane Austen must kick off with those words from the opening line of Pride and Prejudice. As played by Dakota Johnson, the novel’s heroine Anne Elliot, a lovelorn, bookish, self-effacing woman on the cusp of spinsterhood, becomes an insufferably coy scatterbrain who speaks in 21st-century buzzwords …

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