‘Wuthering Heights’: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Join Cast of Emerald Fennell’s Next Film
Margot Robbie, Jacob Elord will essay the roles of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. MRC has joined forces with LuckyChap Entertainment to produce the upcoming feature film which is written, directed and produced by Fennell. It is based on the classic romance novel by Emily Bronte.
The Academy Award-winning actress-filmmaker Emerald Fennell has added Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie and BAFTA nominee Jacob Elordi to her adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The two will essay the roles of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. MRC has joined forces with LuckyChap Entertainment to produce the upcoming feature film which is written, directed and produced by Fennell. It is based on the classic romance novel by Emily Bronte, reports Variety. This marks LuckyChap and Fennell’s third collaboration following 2020’s Promising Young Woman (which won Fennell the Oscar for best original screenplay) and 2023’s Saltburn. SAG Awards 2024: Anna Hathaway, Margot Robbie, Pedro Pascal, Emily Blunt, and Other Celebs Make Fashionable Entries on The Red Carpet.
As per Variety, Fennell also had a featured role in LuckyChap’s $1.4 billion-grossing and Academy Award-winning Barbie movie, which Robbie produced and starred in last year. Wuthering Heights is in pre-production, gearing up for a 2025 shoot in the UK Fennell announced her plans to adapt ‘Wuthering Heights’ as her third feature in July, posting a surprise announcement to social media with a graphic that reads, “Be with me always. Take any form. Drive me mad”, a line from the novel. At the time, all that was known about the project was that the filmmaker would reteam with MRC, the studio behind her saucy psychological thriller Saltburn. Jacob Elordi Slams The Kissing Booth Trilogy as 'Ridiculous', Actor Says 'I Didn't Want to Make Those Movies'.
With the addition of Robbie, Elordi and LuckyChap, many of the primary Saltburn players are officially reunited for the new movie. And if Fennell wanted to add one more from that roster, Barry Keoghan, who played the bathwater-slurping con man protagonist, recently said that he’s interested. He told Variety, “Anything that Emerald puts her hands on, I’m there. She’s incredible’. Robbie has also been vocal in championing Fennell’s unique sensibilities after producing both the filmmaker’s movies. “Emerald immerses you into a world so quickly. She’s so masterful at tone and plot”, Robbie said reflecting on Saltburn’s more shocking scenes.
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