Following in the footsteps of Emma Thompson, Daisy will play Elinor in the society classic whilst Outlander star Catriona Balfe will take on Mrs. Dashwood

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and the Austen renaissance shows no signs of slowing. A new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility is officially underway—and Daisy Edgar-Jones is already embodying a Dashwood sister.

Focus Features and Working Title’s “Sense and Sensibility” has rounded out its cast with George MacKay, Caitríona Balfe, Fiona Shaw and more joining Daisy Edgar-Jones in the Jane Austen adaptation. The fresh take on Austen’s first novel — which follows the differing romantic journeys of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood after their father’s death forces