ALL ABOUT ELEANOR

As Poldark’s Demelza, Eleanor Tomlinson is the star of Sunday nights and the nation’s favourite hair crush. She talks to Megan Conner about her career-defining role and why she’s a sucker for romance

OONAGH BRENNAN

Eleanor Tomlinson would call herself a romantic – and a hopeless one at that. ‘I’m one of those people who loves love,’ she marvels. ‘I’m fascinated by it. What it does to us, how it messes us up. I love that it’s so much fun, and a complete pain in the arse.’ Such is her taste for tortured love stories, she was aware of all the classics while growing up. ‘I watched Gone With The Wind very young – I’ve probably seen it over 100 times.’ The 25-year-old can still remember the moment she clapped eyes on Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet: Tomlinson recalls Leonardo DiCaprio as being her ‘first real crush’ and secretly wanted to be Claire Danes. ‘That dream hasn’t died,’ she laughs. ‘I still want to put on…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2018

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