Daisy Edgar-Jones Can't Stop Being Elinor Dashwood: A Comic "Day in London"

Edgar-Jones opens with the confession that frames the whole video: she can "sometimes struggle to shake off" her characters. Her first example comes from an earlier film. After Twisters, she says, she couldn't sleep without at least three fans running on high speed.

She then says that Elinor Dashwood has "really stayed with" her. She adds that this is fortunately "not that noticeable," because she and Elinor are "quite similar." The rest of the video shows how noticeable it is. She says that being home in London is "really grounding" and lets her "just be myself and enjoy a normal London life," and every scene that follows contradicts that claim.

Her day starts with exercise, which she says helps clear her head. She calls it "taking exercise," using the period phrasing, and announces that it is "time to really exert myself." She says she picked up the habit on her last job, when she worked with a trainer to prepare for some of Elinor's "more physically demanding scenes." The joke is that the role in question was a restrained drawing-room heroine.

The exercise itself is a string of mishaps, with gasps, apologies and a muttered "Blammy." A bicycle bell rings, and she stops to greet a duck ("Hello, duck"). She complains of "more exhaustion" and then says, "I do love to dance." As she puts it, exercise leaves her "always in need of refreshment," so she heads off to meet friends at a favorite local spot.

When a friend points out that her taxi has arrived, Edgar-Jones stays where she is and explains that she is "just waiting for him to open the door." She settles for travelling on foot instead.

At the pub she reflects on how much of her life is spent waiting: for the post, on set, and "for gentlemen to call on me." That is why, she says, she always keeps something to do. After an apology about something caught on her skirts, she praises the novel as the most riveting entertainment there is, "far better than hunting, dancing, even the pianoforte." A friend asks about movies, and her answer stays in character. She says there is one main character she is really rooting for, while "her sister, on the other hand, is rather annoying." This reads as a nod to the two Dashwood sisters, though the video doesn't spell it out.

The central gag of the sketch starts with a plate of chips. A friend suggests ordering while they wait, and Edgar-Jones goes to the counter. The staff member asks for a name for the order, which is routine, but she takes it as a formal introduction: "Oh, delighted to meet you." She gives her name as "Miss Edgar Jones," but only "if you insist."

Back at the table, she is smitten. She calls him "such a gentleman, so attentive to my order," asks her friends whether they felt the connection too, and worries that he might be married, though she notes that she doesn't see a ring. When her order is called out as "Egg… chips, egg," she takes the name as a term of endearment and is scandalized: "We've only just met."

Her friends finally arrive, and at that moment she announces she has to leave. She asks someone to apologize to them for her, and explains that now that she is in love, she "must go home, take to my bed, and yearn." A friend asks whether she wants to get his number. She declines, saying that if it's meant to be, he'll "show up at a time of need, possibly on a horse." She leaves with a wistful "That little egg."

The video closes with two final jokes. As she thanks viewers for spending the day with her in London, she says she really must go because a new script has just come through. When asked what it is, she replies, "If I told you that, I'd have to kill you." Since the whole video is about her absorbing whatever role she last played, the line hints that the next character is already on its way. The sign-off comes out jumbled, "This has been Jones Daisy…," and the video ends before she can say anything more about what comes next.