Edgar-Jones is surrounded by Irish actresses in the film, with Irish star Caitriona Balfe playing her mother Mrs Dashwood, Fiona Shaw playing Mrs Jennings and Hamnet’s Bodhi Rae Breathnach playing the Dashwoods’ youngest sister, Margaret.
Balfe has often appeared on screens in recent years, mostly in her roles in Outlander and Belfast, alongside Jamie Dornan.
Having grown up in a family of seven in the village of Tydavnet, County Monaghan, Balfe said starring in the film reminded her of her own childhood.
“There was a lot of that sisterly dynamic that I recognised,” she said.
“This is one of the beautiful things about this film is watching the richness of this family.
“One of the words that kept coming to me was the resilience of them – even though they were destitute financially, what you see when they go to Barton is actually this blossoming, because they have each other.”
She said it was an “amazing” time in Ireland for art.
“I’m so proud to be Irish and it’s such an amazing time in Ireland right now for all the incredible art that is being produced here and to be able to bring this film here is really special,” she said.
Balfe said she speaks with her husband about moving back to Ireland “all the time”.
“You never know, it might be in the future.”
Sense and Sensibility is in cinemas from 25 September.
