The love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff has always been wild, painful, and impossible to forget, and now Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are bringing that storm to the big screen with ‘Wuthering Heights‘.
Their ‘Wuthering Heights‘ looks darker, more emotional, and more intense than anything we’ve seen in a long time. But just when fans thought they understood what kind of movie this would be, Robbie shared something that completely changes how we see it.
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When the trailer arrived in September, it instantly caught everyone’s attention. The way Margot’s Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob’s Heathcliff looked at each other showed exactly why their relationship has fascinated readers for years. Their bond begins at the ‘Wuthering Heights‘ estate, but it quickly grows into passion, revenge, and heartbreak, and the trailer captured those emotions right away.
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Because the footage showed so much tension between the two leads, many people assumed the film would be extremely steamy. And since Emerald Fennell is directing, after already shocking audiences with ‘Promising Young Woman‘ and ‘Saltburn‘, viewers expected this version to lean into provocative territory. However, once Margot started opening up in her British Vogue cover story, it became clear that the movie had a very different tone than everyone expected.
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Robbie shared that she knows people expect the movie to be “very, very raunchy,” but she believes audiences will be surprised. She explained that while the film includes sexual and provocative moments, it is actually much more romantic at its core. She even compared it to emotional classics like ‘The Notebook‘ and ‘The English Patient‘, pointing out that we haven’t had a sweeping romance like this in decades.
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Robbie also went into detail about filming the intimate scenes with Jacob Elordi. According to Margot, she and Fennell spent a lot of time deciding what actually feels romantic or sexy on screen. Instead of focusing on big gestures or someone taking their shirt off, they found the smaller, subtle moments were the ones that mattered. She said these details feel especially meaningful to women in their thirties, like her and Fennell, and they wanted the film to reflect that.
Then she revealed the part that truly surprised fans: Emerald Fennell told her she wants ‘Wuthering Heights‘ to be “this generation’s Titanic.” Margot explained that Fennell even talked about seeing Romeo & Juliet eight times in the cinema as a teenager and crying when she wasn’t allowed to see it again. And that is exactly the impact Fennell hopes this movie will create. Margot also hopes women will watch it together and feels it will make a perfect date movie, too.
