Daisy Edgar- Jones is a new Guinness
fan. Well, sort of. ‘I have to have
it with blackcurrant juice, which is
probably a bit of a sin,’ she laughs.
The actor became accustomed to
drinking a pint, or three, after moving
to Dublin for six months to film the
TV show that’s about to grip the
nation –Normal People. Which,
in case you managed to miss it, is the
highly anticipated upcoming TV adaptation of the bestselling 2O18 novel by Irish writer Sally Rooney- ‘the first great millennial author’, according toThe New York Times. The BBC Three 12-part drama,
out this month, sees Edgar-Jones star as book-smart loner Marianne opposite newcomer Paul Mescal
(the sporty, popular Connell) in a startlingly relatable, witty love story set in and around Ireland’s capital.
Today, Edgar- Jones is on the orange juice. We’re back in her hometown of London, sitting in
Dover Street Market’s bakery midway through the 21-year-old’s shopping trip. She says that
playing Marianne wasn’t so much of a job as a calling, given that she’d already read the book five
times prior to shooting. ‘I wanted the part more than anything,’ she admits. ‘I really felt like I understood
Marianne. I really got her sense of humour.’
DAISY EDGAR-JONES
Introducing...
NORM AL PEOPLE WAS THE MIL L ENNIAL LOVE STORY MEGA -HIT
ON E V ERYONE’S BOOKSHELVES L AST YE AR. NOW, MEE T THE ACTOR
SE T TO STE AL OUR HE ARTS IN ITS ON-SCREEN ADAPTATION
WORDS by KATIE O’MALLEY PHOTOGRAPH by JOSEPH SINCLAIRELLE.COM/UK April 2020 55One good turn...
EDGAR-JONES (RIGHT)
UNDERSTOOD THE ENORMITY
OF THE ROLE SHE WAS TAKING
ON IN BBC’S ADAPTATION
OF SALLY ROONEY’S NORMAL
PEOPLE – SHE’D ALREADY
READ THE BOOK FIVE TIMESElle UPFRONT