The inevitable has finally happened: Jane Austen has been Fleabag-ified.
In the trailer for Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Persuasion, Austen’s final completed novel, it takes a grand total of nine seconds before Dakota Johnson, who plays the book’s heroine Anne Elliot, takes a sneaky glance at the camera. From then on, it’s an extravaganza of fourth wall-breaking, as Johnson raises her eyebrows, smirks and delivers knowing one-liners straight down the camera lens.
