Daisy Edgar-Jones on Taylor Swift writing song for her new film

• Daisy Edgar-Jones plays a young girl in Where The Crawdads Sing.
• Taylor Swift’s song Carolina will reportedly play over the film’s closing credits.
• Reese Witherspoon, through her production firm Hello Sunshine, is a co-producer of the film.

Daisy Edgar-Jones has described as “bonkers” that Taylor Swift recorded a song for her forthcoming film.

The 24-year-old plays a resourceful young girl who grows up in a North Carolina swamp in Where The Crawdads Sing, which is based on the Delia Owens novel.

Carolina, a song that Swift penned and recorded just for the movie, will reportedly play over the closing credits.

“If I’d told my younger self that Taylor Swift would do a song for something I’m in… bonkers,” Edgar-Jones said in a statement.

Reese Witherspoon, through her production firm Hello Sunshine, is a co-producer of Where The Crawdads Sing.

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Regarding the Hollywood celebrity, Edgar-Jones remarked, “I grew up watching Reese, so it was a big moment.

 

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“She has such an amazing eye for complicated characters and stories that are predominantly female-led.”

Reflecting on the range of roles she wants to pursue, she added: “The actors I really admire, like Tilda Swindon, always seem to make the unexpected choices.”

Paul Mescal revealed a new moustache in May during the Cannes Film Festival, and Edgar-Jones mentioned it in relation to her Normal People co-star.

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“Oh, I love it,” she said. “Paul can pull off anything.”

Kya is a young girl who lives alone in the marshes of North Carolina and is drawn into a nearby murder case in the novel Where The Crawdads Sing.

On July 22, it will be made available in the UK.

On Elle UK’s website, you can read the entire interview with Daisy Edgar-Jones.