Focus Features and Working Title Films new redo of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility has added Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, George MacKay, Herbert Nordrum, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, and Fiona Shaw to the cast opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esme Creed-Miles, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Production has commenced in the U.K. with direction by BAFTA Award nominee Georgia Oakley and an adaptation by Diana Reid.
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films will produce alongside India Flint of November Pictures and Jo Wallett.
Balfe is a 5x Golden Globes nominee, once for her supporting role in Best Picture nominee Belfast and four times consecutively for her lead role in Starz’ long-running hit Outlander. The actress is also a BAFTA nominee for Belfast and a three-time Critics Choice nominee on behalf of Outlander. Balfe’s feature credits include Ford v Ferrari, The Amateur, Now You See Me, and Super 8, and she will co-star alongside Willem Dafoe and Tom Hiddleston in Tenzing and is the female lead opposite Orlando Bloom in the upcoming Paramount film The Cut.
Dillane played Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, he won the Best Actor prize in the Un Certain Regard section for his lead role in Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, which will hit theaters this autumn. He also starred in several seasons of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead and Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Sense8.
MacKay is a British actor best known for his lead role in the 2019 war film 1917. MacKay has also starred in films such as Pride, Captain Fantastic, and True History of the Kelly Gang.
Norwegian actor Nordrum starred alongside Renate Reinsve in Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated The Worst Person in the World, and alongside Julia Garner in The Royal Hotel. He recently starred in Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis and won multiple awards for his performance. Additional credits include the acclaimed Norwegian historical drama The King’s Choice and four seasons of Young and Promising.
Breathnach will appear in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Ric Roman Waugh’s untitled Jason Statham thriller. She currently stars in the ongoing So Awkward Academy and appeared in the BBC’s BAFTA-nominated The Capture.
Shaw is a BAFTA winner and three-time Emmy nominee. Her film credits include Hot Milk, Echo Valley, IF and several installments in the Harry Potter franchise, in which she played Aunt Petunia. She is set to star alongside Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike in Netflix’s upcoming Ladies First. On the small screen, she earned Emmy nominations for her roles in Killing Eve and Fleabag. She also starred in True Detective, Bad Sisters, and Andor.
