“This idea of her as this ‘Marsh Girl’ is one that’s completely fabricated by the people in town,” she said. “We wanted to highlight how you can misunderstand somebody, paint a picture of them [in your mind] and find it hard to differentiate between that version and the actual person.”

If one thing’s for sure, Edgar-Jones knows her character inside and out – and if you’re a fan of the Where The Crawdads Sing book, you can rest easy knowing Kya is in safe hands.

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