The pitch for Netflix’s Persuasion seems to have been: Jane Austen, but make it Fleabag.
In the first trailer for the upcoming adaptation, our heroine Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) delivers cutting observations and knowing glances to the camera, as if we’re her confidante. Through this narrative device, we learn that Anne was once in love with Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis), but her family persuaded her not to marry him given his humble social standing. Now, eight years later, Frederick comes back into Anne’s life. Will the two reconnect? Or will Anne’s family and other suitors — like the dashing Mr. Elliot (Henry Golding) — keep them apart?
Persuasion (opens in a new tab)arrives on Netflix July 15.(opens in a new tab)
