The actor will play Constance Chatterley in an electrifying Netflix adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s most scandalous novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
This sensuous reimagining will see’s David Magee having written the script. Meanwhile, Jack O’Connell will embody a dashing and surprisingly delicate Mellors; Matthew Duckett the paralyzed, frustrated Sir Clifford Chatterley; and Joely Richardson the devoted Mrs. Bolton, Clifford’s nurse and companion. It is, however, Corrin’s film, with the rising star imbuing Connie with a fierce intelligence and restless energy that transcends the period setting.
”It’s a moment that feels resolutely modern—shocking, even—but the French filmmaker was never in any doubt about the urgent contemporary resonances of her source material. “When I reread the novel, I thought it could have been written today,” she adds. “It’s scary that not that much has changed since the ’20s. As women, we’re still fighting for equality. The idea of a woman being free is still scandalous. You only have to look at what happened with, and what’s happening now in Iran.