"'I went to the cinema to watch [Baz Luhrmann's] Romeo + Juliet eight times and I was on the ground crying when I wasn't allowed to go back for a ninth,' Robbie quoted the Saltburn director. 'I want it to be that.'"
"'I honestly think he's our generation's Daniel Day-Lewis,'"
"'I saw him play Heathcliff,' she told Vogue. 'And he is Heathcliff. I'd say, just wait. Trust me, you'll be happy. It's a character that has this lineage of other great actors who've played him, from Laurence Olivier to Richard Burton and Ralph Fiennes to Tom Hardy.'"
Emerald Fennell envisioned a large-scale, seductive gothic adaptation of Wuthering Heights and set an ambition for it to resonate strongly with a new generation. Margot Robbie is both star and producer on the project. Jacob Elordi was cast as Heathcliff and received strong public endorsement from Robbie, who compared him to a leading contemporary actor and urged audience trust in his performance. The casting prompted debate because some readers interpret Heathcliff as a person of color based on Emily Brontë's description as a 'dark-skinned gypsy.' Robbie referenced the long lineage of actors who have previously portrayed Heathcliff.
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