Never Let Me Go

… and Carey Mulligan in the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2010). He also continued to take roles on television, starring in the Red Riding (2009) series, for which he received rave reviews. His career reached international acclaim when he assumed the role of Eduardo Saverin in…

…Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire; Never Let Me Go (2010), an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel about the ethics of genetic engineering; and Anna Karenina (2012), an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel that was also directed by Wright. In 2013 she showcased her singing in Begin Again, a crowd-pleaser…

… and starred with Knightley in Never Let Me Go (both 2010), the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel. In 2011 Mulligan appeared opposite Ryan Gosling in the thriller Drive and took on the difficult role of the emotionally damaged sister of a sex addict (Michael Fassbender) in Steve McQueen’s grim…

…Never Let Me Go (filmed 2010), which through the story of three human clones warns of the ethical quandries raised by genetic engineering. The Buried Giant (2015) is an existential fantasy tale inflected by Arthurian legend. His next novel, Klara and the Sun (2021), is set in the near…

…cowrote several more screenplays, including Never Let Me Go (2010), based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel, and Dredd (2012). In 2014 he wrote and directed Ex Machina, about a reclusive tech genius who creates the first AI robot, named Ava. “I feel more attached to this film, I feel more…