Bridgerton star Simone Ashley swapped high society for raw emotion as she starred in Bastille’s mesmerising new music video on Thursday.
The trailblazing British actress, 29, features in the short film Eve & Paradise Lost, which was directed by BAFTA Award winning director, Dominic Savage.
In the four minute long recording, Simone showcases her incredible acting skills as she embodies the first woman, Eve.
As part of the ongoing Ampersand album project, the band released the video to accompany the song, which explores the fundamental unfairness and imbalance in the love between Eve and Adam.
Capturing the sentiments in the song, she is consumed by love and loss, deep in her thoughts expressing feelings of sadness, betrayal, vulnerability, and then ultimately strength and power.
The short film, which is focussed on her face for its entirety, sees her go through a range emotions including floods of tears.
Bridgerton star Simone Ashley swapped high society for raw emotion as she starred in Bastille’s mesmerising new music video on Thursday
The trailblazing British actress, 29, features in the short film Eve & Paradise Lost, which was directed by BAFTA Award winning director, Dominic Savage (left)
Simone said: ‘When I first heard this song, I immediately felt a connection to it. I loved working with Dan and Dominic and feel so proud of what we have created.’
Bastille’s lead singer Dan Smtih added: ‘The song takes that famous biblical story and literalises it through a real relationship and a modern lens.
‘I had a pretty clear vision to represent it with something visually arresting, raw and unflinching, powerful in its simplicity.
‘I’m a huge fan of both Simone and Dominic’s work, and it’s been amazing to have this opportunity to work with them on bringing this to life.’
He continued: ‘I loved our many conversations about how to best represent this song and the ideas within it, and I was totally blown away by Simone’s performance on the day which surpasses anything I could have imagined.
‘Her incredible ability to take us through so many of the complicated nuances of Eve’s story in a single close-up take totally blows my mind.
‘And seeing Dominic work with her and the crew on the performance, and calmly trusting the spontaneity of the process was massively inspiring, and a day I’ll never forget.’
Director Dominic gushed: ‘I was so taken by the deeply felt emotions, empathy and truth within this song that Dan Smith has beautifully created.
‘Working with the amazing Simone Ashley to express these powerful feelings visually, proved to be an inspiring and wonderful exploration.’
In the four minute long recording, Simone showcases her incredible acting skills as she embodies the first woman, Eve
The short film, which is focussed on her face for its entirety, sees her go through a range emotions including floods of tears
Bastille lead singer Dan Smith said: ‘I’m a huge fan of both Simone and Dominic’s work, and it’s been amazing to have this opportunity to work with them on bringing this to life’
Simone (LEFT) is most well known for her role as Kate Sharma in Netflix’s Bridgerton
Fans of Bastille and Simone rushed to the comments of the new short film to express their admitation for the star
Eve & Paradise Lost is amongst several tracks on the critically acclaimed & (Ampersand) album inspired by the stories of people who have been wrongly framed and misunderstood in myth, culture and society.
Amongst others, the record features the song Emily & Her Penthouse in The Sky about the revolutionary internal life of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson.
It also includes Marie & Polonium, about the Nobel-winning scientist Marie Curie, a woman rejected by the country she was born in and her adopted France, who saved many millions of lives with the work that ultimately killed her.
Fans of Bastille and Simone rushed to the comments of the new short film to express their admitation for the star.
They wrote: ‘Simone is just so breathtakingly beautiful. And this song is my absolute favourite from the album. It’s so strong? When i first listened to it, I bawled my eyes out.’
‘Simone Ashley’s acting in this is just superb.’
‘Simone leaves me so completely speechless. The way she expresses emotions is so powerful and beautiful, it touches my heart every time and makes me cry.’
‘When she started mouthing the words… shiver to my soul. Beautiful concept and video. She is just a force.’
‘This is so powerful and so beautiful.’
‘It’s like Bastille went into my very being, extracted every emotion this song makes me feel and poured it Simone’s facial expressions.’
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