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The perils of print to screen
Adapting a beloved novel for the screen can come with its own pool of tough critics, like with the film version of Jane Austen's Persuasion
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Adapting a beloved novel for the screen means a ready-made fan base for a new television show or film.
But it also means inheriting a pool of tough critics, as the cast and creators of the Netflix movie Persuasion, which stars Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding and premieres on Friday, have found.
