Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, best known for their roles in “Barbie” and “Saltburn,” are teaming up to star in a massive new film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights.”
Australian actors will play Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff in director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel, set on the wild Yorkshire moors.
They may be two of the hottest stars in Hollywood, and this may be one of the most enduring love stories of all time, but their casting left many fans underwhelmed.
“Has anyone actually read the book before making this decision?” The Independent film critic Clarice Lowry asked.
It has been pointed out that Catherine is only a teenager in the book, while Heathcliff is described as “dark-skinned” in the 1847 novel.
Collider critic and editor Maggie Boccella vents her frustrations: “It’s painfully obvious that Fennell didn’t actually care about the themes of Wuthering Heights.
“She just wanted to make a tortured lovers drama with a title that would make people sit on the edge of their seats. As if her first two films hadn’t already made that superficiality obvious.”
The British writer-director won an Oscar for his 2021 breakthrough film “Promising Young Woman” and had a hit last year with “Saltburn,” in which Elordi played a wealthy but wealthy man. The son of a dysfunctional palatial family.
Robbie produced both films, but Wuthering Heights will be her first Fennell film.
The actress is currently expecting a baby. type and deadline According to reports, the new film will start filming in the UK next year.
Little is known about how Fennell planned to adapt the tumultuous and tragic romance from 1847.
She announced the film in July with a gothic illustration of two skeletons next to a line from Heathcliff’s book: “Always stay with me, take any form, and drive me mad.”
“Expect their Yorkshire accent,” Joke writer Lisa Holdsworth About two stars.
Not everyone is completely opposed to the idea. “Fingers crossed Fennell delivers another round of raw high-camp melodramatic trash,” Film critic Scott Clark writes.
In the book, Heathcliff is found starving and homeless on the streets of Liverpool as a child and is adopted by the Earnshaw family.
His origins are unclear, with the book describing him as “a dark-skinned gypsy” and “a little Lasca, or an American or Spanish drifter”. Lascar is the old name for an East Indian sailor.
Heathcliff and Catherine become involved in a passionate and tumultuous obsession, which leads to a series of unhealthy relationships and tragedy.
While some view Heathcliff as a brooding romantic hero, he was also violent, sadistic, and controlling.
The novel has been adapted for the screen several times.
The previous film, released in 2011, was produced by director Andrea Arnold and starred “Skins” actress Kaya Scodelario as Catherine. James Howson plays Heathcliff.
Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes starred in the 1992 version.
In 2009, ITV cast Tom Hardy as Heathcliff and Charlotte Riley as his destined love.
