The Normal People and Twisters star will play Elinor in a new version of the Jane Austen classic

Daisy Edgar-Jones is set to lead a new big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

The actor, who broke out in the hit miniseries Normal People, will play Elinor in a movie based on the first novel from the author whose 250th birthday is being celebrated by a number of events this year.