Esmé Creed-Miles ditched her dramatic gown for a sheer blouse as she headed inside the Sense and Sensibility premiere on Tuesday night. The 26-year-old actress cut a striking figure in a statement white full skirt and cropped black blazer as she hit the red carpet in Leicester Square.
Ahead of taking her seat inside, Esme swapped her red carpet look for a blue striped shirt, which she teamed with smart black trousers. The British star, who plays Marianne Dashwood in the Jane Austen adaptation, styled her dark hair in loose waves and wore a smoky eye makeup look.
She beamed for photos with her co-stars, including on-screen older sister Daisy Edgar-Jones, who plays Elinor Dashwood.
Red carpet style
Daisy brought a vampy edge to period dressing in a plunging satin gown with bow detailing on the straps and a slit up the leg. She wore her brunette hair in an undone half up, half down style, accessorised with a pendant choker.
The two actresses are reuniting after first working together as teenagers on the 2018 film Pond Life, which also starred Fiona Shaw.
The Sense and Sensibility adaptation
The latest adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel is released in the UK on September 25, with the London premiere held on Tuesday evening. Sense and Sensibility, Austen's debut novel, tells the story of two sisters navigating love and heartbreak amid the strict social rules of 18th-century Britain.
The story follows the three Dashwood sisters and their mother as they are forced to leave Norland Park, the family estate in Sussex, and move to a modest cottage in distant Devon after the death of their father. There, they experience a new life on the fringes of the society they once belonged to, while becoming acquainted with new suitors.
In the novel, the sisters' opposing temperaments see them approach courtship very differently, with elder sister Elinor guided by her practical head, while Marianne is driven by her passionate heart.
The supporting cast
The British stars are joined by a supporting cast including Fiona Shaw and Irish actress Caitríona Balfe. George MacKay and Frank Dillane appear as the sisters' potential suitors, alongside Herbert Nordrum, while Bodhi Rae Breathnach, known for Hamnet, plays Margaret, the youngest Dashwood sister.
Behind the camera
The screenplay, written by Diana Reid, preserves quotes from Austen's original novel while translating her trademark wit for the screen. The film is directed by Georgia Oakley and comes from the producers behind 2005's Pride & Prejudice, which starred Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, and 2020's Emma, starring Anya Taylor-Joy.
Sense and Sensibility premiered in London on Tuesday evening ahead of its UK release on September 25.
