Emma Corrin on Why Venice Film Festival Is Their “Favourite Time of the Year”—and the “Once-In-A-Generation” Chance to Star in Pride & Prejudice

“It’s always sort of my favourite part of the year, this,” Emma Corrin says of being at this year’s Venice Film Festival. “It’s such a treat.” The actor has been attending Miu Miu’s annual Women’s Tales event – which sees the unveiling of short films created by female filmmakers in collaboration with the brand – since 2020. “It’s always so special because they’re so brilliantly directed, produced and conceived, and all so different,” Corrin notes, after attending Saturday’s screening of the latest two shorts in the series, Alice Diop’s Fragment of Venus and Joanna Hogg’s Autobiografia di una Borsetta.

In fact, the long-time Miu Miu ambassador worked with Women’s Tales alumna Hailey Benton Gates on the campaign for Miutine, the brand’s first fragrance which launched this month. “It felt like a really lovely next stage of the relationship with [Miu Miu],” Corrin says of being asked to be the face of the “very sophisticated” perfume. What is it about the brand that draws in the actor time and time again? “I love the sense of fun and playfulness,” Corrin, who memorably wore a knitted green cardigan and matching briefs by Miu Miu at last year’s festival, explains. “They take real risks, and I think it’s no surprise that they’ve set most of the major trends for the last two or three years. I think it’s genius. They’re really brave, and I really respect that – it makes me feel braver in my fashion and my choices.”

When we speak, Corrin is preparing for a panel discussion with Maggie Gyllenhaal, someone whom the actor is “such an admirer of, especially [as] an actor turned director and writer.” Is that a career trajectory that Corrin could see for themselves? “I’m actually honestly not sure at the moment, but fascinated by people that do do it,” they reply.

For the time being, Corrin seems content with working with exciting female creatives, including director Julia Jackman on 100 Nights Of Hero, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that’s premiering at Venice later this week. In the film, the actor plays the titular character, Hero, the maid – and love interest – of Cherry (played by Maika Monroe). “It was such a charming project; it’s really magical,” Corrin describes. “I really loved it, not only because it centres queer love, but it also centres the power of storytelling.”

Ahead of the premiere, though, Corrin will be flying back to the UK to film Netflix’s new adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, in which they star as Elizabeth Bennet. What made the actor want to take on such a well-known role? “I’ve known and loved the story for so many years – I had this real gravitational pull that I knew I wanted to do it,” they reply. “An adaptation of this comes along once in a generation – the last one was 20 years ago. I’m excited for a whole wave of people to be introduced to the story and the book, which is amazing.”

Below, see Emma Corrin’s diary from Venice Film Festival.

This article was originally published on British Vogue.