Henry Golding has boarded the big screen adaptation of Persuasion .
The upcoming Netflix film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen, already had its leading lady, with Dakota Johnson set to play Anne Elliot, an un-conforming woman with modern sensibilities .
And now, Deadline reports that the Crazy Rich Asians star has bagged the role of Mr Elliot.
The plot is as follows: “Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an un-conforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.”
Dakota Johnson is already attached to the lead role of Anne Elliot, a non-conforming woman with modern sensibilities, living with her snobby family who are on the brink of bankruptcy. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing man she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.
Golding s Mr. Elliot offers him a chance to play against his established easygoing type, with the callous and classic Austen foil. Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow wrote the script, while theatre direct Carrie Cracknell will make her film debut with the film.
According to Deadline,
Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding has signed on to star opposite Dakota Johnson in Netflix’s upcoming reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic novel
Persuasion. He is set to portray the role of Mr. Elliot, who is being described as the callous and classic Austen foil.
The Malaysian-British actor will next be seen leading Paramount Pictures’ upcoming G.I. Joe spinoff
Snake Eyes which is scheduled to arrive in theaters on July 23, 2021. He is also lending his voice to Paramount Animation’s animated film adaptation of
The Tiger’s Apprentice which will also star Sandra Oh and Michelle Yeoh.
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In the book Mr. William Elliot is a distant relation of Anne s who comes into a great deal of money after his heiress wife dies.
Mr. Elliot then swoops in on Anne s family who are facing serious financial problems after her profligate father spends them into debt.
Throwback: Persuasion was adapted into a theatrically released film only once - a 1995 movie starring Amanda Root as Anne (pictured)
Anne takes a liking to the dashing and charismatic Mr. Elliot who aggressively pursues her romantically and even plans to pop the question.
Her family adores William because of his money and status, which elevates them in the city of Bath by association, but Anne is less convinced.
“Crazy Rich Asians” star will play the insensitive Mr. Elliot alongside Dakota Johnson
Jeremy Fuster | May 5, 2021 @ 10:45 AM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 11: Henry Golding speaks onstage during the Special NY Screening of The Gentlemen at the Alamo Drafthouse on January 11, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for STXfilms)
Henry Golding has signed on to play Mr. Elliot in “Persuasion,” Netflix and MRC’s upcoming modern-day adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel.
The adaptation will star Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot, a woman struggling against the constraints of her arrogant family whose wealth is rapidly disappearing, but finds herself getting a second chance at love when Frederick Wentworth, the man whom Anne fell in love with many years ago but let her family come between them, returns to her life. Golding will play the stuck-up patriarch of the Elliot family.