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“I want to have the opportunity to do a role that changes people’s lives.” The 28-year-old star of Rivals was shocked to land the lead role in the Jilly Cooper adaptation—but she’s still along for the (very sexy) ride in the show’s second season By Carolina de Armas Dame Jilly Cooper, the so-called queen of the bonkbuster—a charming Britishism for smut—gave us, long ago, an answer to Mel Gibson’s infamous question about what women want: Rupert Campbell-Black. The protagonist of her Rutshire C...