Daisy Edgar-Jones told the BBC that she sees herself in the role she is playing in Sense and Sensibility, and that she often tries to keep her emotions under control in romantic situations. The actress said the habit of suppressing emotional responses is something she recognises in both herself and the character.
Sense and Sensibility, originally written by Jane Austen, centres on characters navigating love and social expectation, themes that often emphasise restraint and propriety. Edgar-Jones said those elements of emotional containment informed her approach to the part and helped shape her performance.
“I try and bury my emotion when it comes to love,” she told the broadcaster, drawing a direct line between her own tendencies and those of the character she portrays. The remark highlights how actors can draw on personal experience to give depth to period drama roles where overt displays of feeling are frequently constrained by social codes.
Edgar-Jones’s comments add to ongoing public interest in how contemporary performers interpret classic literature for modern audiences. She framed her personal instinct toward emotional suppression as a creative resource rather than a limitation, using it to inhabit the novel’s exploration of affection, duty and restraint.