Margot Robbie to star alongside Jacob Elordi in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie adaptation

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie adaptation to star Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi

The movie, which relies on the well-known 1847 novel, is at present within the pre-production stage. Whereas a launch date is but to be set, the film, which can be written, directed, and produced by Fennell, is gearing up for a shoot within the UK in 2025. Robbie and Elordi are set to play the “poisonous” couple, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. Remainder of the small print, together with plot and storyline are at present stored underneath wraps.

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Critics slam Robbie and Elordi’s casting in Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation

Whereas the duo could also be recognised as two of the most well liked stars within the trade, their casting for Fennell’s movie didn’t sit nicely with movie and ebook critics. Collider critic and editor Maggie Boccella slammed the 38-year-old filmmaker for not caring concerning the novel’s themes. “She simply desires to make a tortured lovers drama with a reputation that’ll put butts in seats. As if her final two films didn’t make that shallowness apparent already,” Boccella stated, in keeping with BBC.

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Others identified that Catherine, who can be performed by Robbie, is an adolescent within the novel, whereas Heathcliff is described as “dark-skinned,” versus Elordi. “White Heathcliff and 34-year-old Cathy, they usually each appear to be they belong on Instagram. I am obsessed,” wrote TV and movie critic Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, including in a derogatory sense, “Emerald Fennell does it once more.” In the meantime, Impartial’s movie critic Clarisse Loughrey remarked, “Did anybody truly learn the ebook earlier than deciding this?”