Love & Friendship has an actor.
Love & Friendship is a 2016 period comedy film written and directed by Whit Stillman . Based on Jane Austen 's epistolary novel Lady Susan , written ca. 1794 , the film stars Kate Beckinsale , Chloë Sevigny , Xavier Samuel , and Stephen Fry . Stephen John Fry ( born 24 August 1957 ) is an English comedian , actor , writer , presenter , and activist . Xavier Samuel ( born 10 December 1983 ) is an Australian actor .