The director of #Persuasion, Dakota Johnson's Jane Austen movie, explains the Netflix adaptation: "We have simplified some of the lines, and taken away some of the fuss of period trimmings, to make the characters & the worlds feel more alive & accessible." latimes.com/entertainment-…
Screenwriter Ron Bass on Johnson’s character breaking the fourth wall: “What happens in prose is what happens within people. What happens in film, unfortunately, is what happens between people.” latimes.com/entertainment-… 
“We wanted to capture [Jane Austen’s] spirit of play,” screenwriter Alice Winslow explains of the film’s meme-ready Gen Z speak. “It was a way of capturing her sensibility in a new way while also bringing modern audiences in a little more.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
The screenwriters also modernized some of the descriptive cues in the script. For the Elliot family home, the script noted that a particular wall “looks like Justin Bieber’s Instagram account if it were 1812 and the Regency oil painting filter were on.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“I wanted the widest possible audience to see themselves in this film,” director Carrie Cracknell says of the casting. “I wanted a really diverse group of people to be able to access this story and feel drawn into it.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
While the screenwriters wanted to evolve some of the language and the story’s delivery, there were certain aspects of Austen’s work they didn’t mess with.
“There’s an enormous amount of direct-from-Jane dialogue,” Bass confirms. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“There’s an enormous amount of direct-from-Jane dialogue,” Bass confirms. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Learn more about how the filmmakers behind #Persuasion updated the Jane Austen classic for the new Dakota Johnson adaptation. latimes.com/entertainment-…
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