![]() ![]() "I am still in disbelief over what a trainwreck it was," wrote one online reviewer. Not everyone feels the same, as Johnson readily acknowledges: Fans have criticized the film adaptation for using modern expressions, slang and tone, all while being set in the early 19th century. "It made me feel like as a viewer, as an audience member. "When I read the script for Persuasion, the modernized language, the modern take, breaking the fourth wall was so much fun to read," Johnson told CBC News. ![]() ![]() So the actress - known best for her lead role in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy - jumped at the chance to star as Anne Elliot in Netflix's adaptation of Persuasion, Austen's final novel. Like the dreamy yearnings of a Jane Austen heroine, Dakota Johnson has always wanted to act in a period film set in the English countryside. ![]()
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