Daisy Edgar-Jones to Star as Carole King in ‘Lovely: The Carole King Musical’ Movie

Daisy Edgar-Jones will star as Carole King in Sony Photos’ movie model of the Broadway hit Lovely: The Carole King Musical, Deadline introduced on Thursday (Dec. 15).

King co-signed the actress’ casting in an announcement to the positioning, saying, “Daisy has a spirit and power that I acknowledged as myself once I was youthful. She’s an amazing expertise and I do know she’s going to present an important efficiency.”

Lisa Cholodenko — who was nominated for an Oscar for The Youngsters Are All Proper — will direct the movie, which will probably be produced with Playtone companions Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and Paul Blake, who additionally produced the stage present. Based on Deadline, the film is being written “primarily based on Douglas McGrath’s ebook of the musical.” As for the film, it is going to observe King’s rise to fame and off-stage triumphs and tragedies.” 

Lovely: The Carole King Musical was a Broadway smash. The stage play was nominated for seven Tony awards, successful two: finest efficiency by a lead actress in a musical (Jessie Mueller) and finest sound design of a musical (Brian Ronan).

Following the information of her casting, Edgar-Jones posted the Deadline article to her Instagram Story, sharing two smiley-face emojis to have a good time the information. Portraying King within the forthcoming biopic is the most recent excessive profile venture the actress has taken on — the actress has beforehand starred in The place the Crawdads Sing, Regular Folks, Struggle of the Worlds and extra.