Comparing the Casts of Emma From All the Takes on Jane Austen’s Classic Novel
For a story that's more than 200 years old, Emma has remained remarkably on point as the centuries have gone by.
The Jane Austen tale, first published in 1816, is the fourth of the author's six completed novels, and the last of the four published in her lifetime—and the fourth screen adaptation to date, not including outside-the-box takes on the story sporting different names, is in theaters today.
Emma., starring Anya Taylor-Joy as the endlessly fetching and frustrating titular heroine, is not only the first one to add its own full-stop punctuation, but also the first of the four to be directed by a woman, Autumn de Wilde, a veteran music video director...