. >> today on "encore," franco british actress emma mackey is in paris for the release of "emily," directedy british australian actress frances o'connor, in which she plays the role of "wuthering heights" author emily bronte. >> shall we begin? for the past 18 months, you have had for important film roles -- 4 important film roles and you have just earned the factor rising star -- the back to -- the bafta rising star award. her breakout role was only four years ago. how are you feeling? >> when you put it like that, it has been a good couple of weeks. >> "emily" is out in france in march. you grew up here. how much did you know about this english classic? >> i had read "wuthering heights" when i was younger. i read books all the time when i was a kid, both in french and english, but i had a particular fancy for reading in english. brontes, you studied them in the u.k., but we don't necessarily go into too much detail about their lives necessarily. >> you studied english literature and language. when you got to yorkshire from france, was there a culture shock? >> yes, it was. it was very dif