Daisy Edgar-Jones never tires of Normal People
Daisy Edgar-Jones remains immensely proud of Normal People, the hit TV series.
Daisy Edgar-Jones never tires of talking about Normal People.
The 28-year-old actress starred alongside Paul Mescal in Normal People, the BBC adaptation of the 2018 novel of the same name by Sally Rooney, and Daisy remains hugely proud of the series.
Speaking to Bustle, Daisy - who stars in a new film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility - shared: "I have a lot of people who say that they go back to it and they re-watch it. And for me, if I can continue to make rainy day Sunday autumn projects that people revisit time and time again, the way I revisit the 1995 Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice or hopefully our Sense and Sensibility, that’s the dream."
Daisy has only rewatched the series once and she found it to be an awkward experience.
The actress shared: "[Paul] and I did a fundraiser where we did a screening in a cinema of all 12 episodes. I don’t know why I sat in because the show’s quite intimate.
"I will say, surround sound watching that was not fun. It was hard enough with my parents, them constantly getting tea every five minutes, us all having so much tea watching that series."
Daisy also revealed that Normal People remains her "favourite" book.
The actress said: "It felt a little like cheating to choose Normal People. But [it’s] my favourite book.
"I mean, I was so changed by it just from reading it and then obviously changed by it from being a part of an adaptation of it. Speaking of a modern Jane Austen, I feel like Sally’s themes are so transcendent — I can see her work being adapted time and time again, and I hope it is 200 years from now."
Sally co-wrote the TV adaptation of Normal People and Daisy recalled feeling slightly intimidated by the author.
She said: "[Sally] was there at the read-through, which was so exciting and terrifying because I love her brain so much and I was such a fan of Conversations with Friends and Normal People. She was 26 when she wrote the book. And so at 21, I was like, ‘You are just so impressive.'"
