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Daisy Edgar-Jones is a earthy (woman). 

The Where the Crawdads Sing star volition play legendary singer-songwriter Carole King successful the movie adaptation of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, E! News confirms. 

Beautiful ran connected Broadway from 2014 to 2019 and tells the communicative of Carole's aboriginal beingness and vocation utilizing her ain iconic songs arsenic a backdrop, including "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "So Far Away," "I Feel the Earth Move" and "You've Got a Friend." 

Daisy has immoderate undeniably large shoes to fill—after all, Jessie Mueller, who played Carole successful the Broadway musical, won the Tony for Best Leading Actress successful a Musical—but her casting comes with a ringing endorsement from Carole herself.

"Daisy has a tone and vigor that I recognized arsenic myself erstwhile I was younger," Carole said successful a statement. "She's a tremendous endowment and I cognize she's going to springiness a large performance."  

Daisy, already a Golden Globe nominee for her enactment connected Normal People, received her 2nd Globes information connected Dec. 12 for her show connected the Hulu constricted bid Under the Banner of Heaven, which she starred successful alongside Andrew Garfield.