Age: 32
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Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is a British actress. Her first professional role was as the young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter (2006), for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress. She went on to play Posy Fossil in 2007 in the BBC film Ballet Shoes. She also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial Sense and Sensibility (2008). She portrayed the mysterious model Raphina in the 2016 film Sing Street, a ghost Polly Parsons in the 2016 film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House and Countess Helena Andrenyi in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. She played Freddie Mercury's partner, Mary Austin, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned the cast a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. She portrayed Astrid Sloan in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–2020).
A Bonnie and Clyde biopic would recount the infamous crime spree of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, two Depression-era outlaws who became iconic symbols of rebellion. The film would begin with their early lives in Texas, detailing how the harsh realities of the Great Depression shaped their turn to crime. It would explore their intense, passionate relationship and the thrill they found in robbing banks and evading the law. As their fame grew, they became folk heroes to some, despite their violent methods, and the story would delve into how they used the media to craft their own legend, with Bonnie’s poetic writings and Clyde’s daring robberies. The biopic would also capture the darker side of their criminal journey—how their lifestyle led to increasing violence, the loss of friends and accomplices, and constant pressure from law enforcement. It would explore the toll that living on the run took on their relationship, as well as the moral complexity of their actions. The film would build toward their inevitable, tragic end in 1934, when they were ambushed and killed in a hail of bullets. The final scenes could reflect on their mythologized status in American culture, examining how their story was both a cautionary tale and a reflection of the desperation and defiance of the era.
