Carey Mulligan: 'Promising Young Woman is asking us to re-examine our past behaviours' 6 Mar, 2021 08:41 PM 7 minutes to read Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who attempts to avenge her best friend's death and sexual assault. Photo / Supplied Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who attempts to avenge her best friend's death and sexual assault. Photo / Supplied news.com.au By: Wenlei Ma There's no movie that captures the present moment like writer and director Emerald Fennell's thorny and provocative Promising Young Woman. The story of an avenging woman who exposes the culture of complicity around sexual assault after a crime is committed against her friend, Promising Young Woman has really resonated at a time when the conversation around rape continues to evolve, calling to account behaviours once excused or laughed off.