Fresh from the release of her French debut "Eiffel", and in the midst of filming Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" film, as well as the upcoming season of "Sex Education", Mackey stars as the titular Emily Brontë. "From the moment she auditioned, I really couldn't think of anyone else who would do such a great [job in the] role. And there were quite a few names that we met for the part but I just felt there was something that she had to offer that role that felt really personal," Director Frances O'Connor told Metro. "She also just really loves Emily Brontë as a character and a person and what she represents to her, so it felt like a really great meeting of a character and an actor."
Alexandra Dowling ("The Musketeers"), YouTube star Amelia Gething ("The Spanish Princess"), and Fionn Whitehead ("Dunkirk") star as the Brontë siblings, playing Charlotte, Anne, and Branwell respectively. Playing their father is Adrian Dunbar, best known as Ted Hastings from "Line of Duty." Meanwhile, Oliver Jackson-Cohen ("The Haunting of Bly Manor", "The Lost Daughter") stars as William Weightman, the romantic lead.
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