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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to lead “Wuthering Heights”

Emerald Fennell’s adaptation will star Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

A must watch.

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by Anonymousreply 111September 28, 2024 5:43 PM

Christ, I can just imagine the modern updates to this. And no I DONT mean DEI. I mean culture and behavior.

The one with Colin Firth had them kissing in public at the end — in the early 19th century??? Even prostitutes didn’t do that.

In this one I’m sure Elizabeth will publicly fellate Darcy at the end.

by Anonymousreply 1September 23, 2024 8:03 PM

DEI? Can you grow the fuck up?

by Anonymousreply 2September 23, 2024 8:06 PM

(sigh) Margot Robbie is too contemporary looking and the guy is too….too young/soft/untested. Heathcliff is a half-gypsy foundling, he lives in the stable, uneducated etc until he goes away and comes back with money and the veneer of a gentleman. This guy could play Edgar Linton though.

by Anonymousreply 3September 23, 2024 8:07 PM

No one will ever match Oliver Jackson-Cohen's beauty as quasi-Heathcliff in otherwise forgettable Emily (2022).

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by Anonymousreply 4September 23, 2024 8:08 PM

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by Anonymousreply 5September 23, 2024 8:11 PM

I trust Emerald Fennell who has never disappointed me thus far.

The “DEI” poster above is a racist troll.

by Anonymousreply 6September 23, 2024 8:16 PM

I'll stick with the Geraldine Fitzgerald/David Niven version.

by Anonymousreply 7September 23, 2024 8:16 PM

[quote] I trust Emerald Fennell who has never disappointed me thus far.

I loathe Emerald Fennell, who is a pretentious clown who makes ridiculous movies.

by Anonymousreply 8September 23, 2024 8:22 PM

I'm tired of all of these 19th century novel reboots - there are way too many of them. Wuthering Heights has been done SO MANY FUCKING TIMES.

14 of them to be exact.

Are there no original stories anymore? New novels are being written all the time. I don't get this.

by Anonymousreply 9September 23, 2024 8:28 PM

[quote] I'll stick with the Geraldine Fitzgerald/David Niven version.

Exactly. Lawrence Olivier played the definitive Heathcliff.

by Anonymousreply 10September 23, 2024 8:32 PM

[quote] Lawrence

Oh, dear myself on that one. It’s Laurence!

by Anonymousreply 11September 23, 2024 8:33 PM

Racist casting.

by Anonymousreply 12September 23, 2024 8:34 PM

How can they add a gay angle to this?

Is Hindley going to be secretly in love with Heathcliffe?

by Anonymousreply 13September 23, 2024 8:35 PM

r9 I just don't understand what new spin she can bring to it, unless she does it with a modern twist and with needle drops all over the place. Maybe the camerawork will be really interesting?

by Anonymousreply 14September 23, 2024 8:36 PM

The only TRUE Heathcliff!

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by Anonymousreply 15September 23, 2024 8:36 PM

R9 good thing you don’t have to watch

by Anonymousreply 16September 23, 2024 8:38 PM

R6 She’s the worst director in the last decade

by Anonymousreply 17September 23, 2024 8:38 PM

R13 the irony of you bringing up DEI hires in a negative light but wanting the story to be switched to gay… you aren’t even smart enough to realize you’re a hypocrite

by Anonymousreply 18September 23, 2024 8:39 PM

I'd prefer to see an adaptation by Rose Glass.

by Anonymousreply 19September 23, 2024 8:40 PM

Cathy never makes it past age 18 in Wuthering Heights. Robbie is nearly twice that age. This is down there with Norma Shearer as Juliet.

by Anonymousreply 20September 23, 2024 8:41 PM

Good point about her age

by Anonymousreply 21September 23, 2024 8:45 PM

This is a film that reeks of CIS WHITE PRIVYLEDGE

Why can't Dylan Mulvaney play a demure Cathy in her big screen debut ?

And Heathcliff is meant to exude big dick energy so who better than Elliot Page to play him?

by Anonymousreply 22September 23, 2024 8:51 PM

Brenda Dickson as Cathy.

by Anonymousreply 23September 23, 2024 8:52 PM

[quote]How can they add a gay angle to this?

Nelly Dean is a huge dyke.

by Anonymousreply 24September 23, 2024 8:53 PM

I'd prefer a remake of Jane Eyre with Elisabeth Moss as Jane.

by Anonymousreply 25September 23, 2024 8:54 PM

Selena Gomez as Jayne Eyre with Ricky Martin as Mr Rochester

by Anonymousreply 26September 23, 2024 8:56 PM

Good LORD, NO!!!

This is just ridiculous.

by Anonymousreply 27September 23, 2024 9:03 PM

Yes, there have been so many adaptations of the book and, frankly, none of them are ideal. We certainly don't need another, especially by a professional button-pusher like Fennell.

The 1939 version suffers from Merle Oberon's prissy Cathy that has little to do with Bronte's character. Otherwise it's still the best version though it pulls a number of the novel's punches.

There's a version from 1970 with Timothy Dalton as Heathcliffe (pretty good casting) and Anna Calder-Marshall as Cathy (she's much more like it than Oberon) which doesn't shy away from the lead characters' selfishness and occasional unpleasantness, but after a decent enough first half the script and direction fall apart.

No other version I've tried to watch has even been as good as the two mentioned above. The Ralph Feinnes/Juliette Binoche (!) pairing was awful.

by Anonymousreply 28September 23, 2024 9:20 PM

I liked the PBS Tom Hardy version.

by Anonymousreply 29September 23, 2024 9:23 PM

Just have a guy sucking Elordi off and stuffing his ass and it'll all be fine.

by Anonymousreply 30September 23, 2024 9:23 PM

Robbie is too old and Elordi doesn't have the roughness needed for Heathcliffe.

Emma Mackey, who played Emily Bronte in EMILY, looks a lot like Robbie (something that could have been used humorously in BARBIE, but wasn't). She also seemed too modern to be convincing in the role.

by Anonymousreply 31September 23, 2024 9:26 PM

Well this is a NEW adaptation.

by Anonymousreply 32September 23, 2024 9:29 PM

Heathcliff is supposed to be Romani or Indian.

by Anonymousreply 33September 23, 2024 9:29 PM

R33 what adaptation cast someone who was Indian or Romani?

by Anonymousreply 34September 23, 2024 9:31 PM

the audience for this has passed on🥱🥱🥱🥱

by Anonymousreply 35September 23, 2024 9:32 PM

R34 I’m not aware of any but it’s 2024. Why not cast Dev Patel?

by Anonymousreply 36September 23, 2024 9:44 PM

Ho many times does this need to be remade?

by Anonymousreply 37September 23, 2024 9:52 PM

In the late 90s they should have made a version with Kate Winslow and Rufus Sewell.

by Anonymousreply 38September 23, 2024 10:21 PM

Quick, for the love of humanity, someone PLEASE stop FORCING r9 to watch any more remakes of 19th-century classics!!

He cannot help watching them once they are made, and then... HE SUFFERS!!

by Anonymousreply 39September 23, 2024 10:24 PM

R37 - the only thing I can think of is that Margot Robbie threw some of her own money in to produce it so she'd have something more distinguished and respectable on her resume to balance out the Barbie movie and Suicide Squad films.

Seriously. There have been too many remakes and too recent ones.

This feels like a Margot Robbie driven vehicle - maybe a part she always wanted to play and she loves the book? Otherwise, it makes no sense how this would be greenlit.

ANOTHER version of Wuthering Heights? Yeah, yeah - hear me out - BUT we've got Margot Robbie and she's putting up half of the production budget.

"Well, why didn't you say so? Here ya go!!"

by Anonymousreply 40September 23, 2024 10:24 PM

In the early 80s they should have done a version with ONJ and John Travolta. A musical.

by Anonymousreply 41September 23, 2024 10:24 PM

She's really not a great actress but yeah they'll ignore all the challenges if she foots the bill.

by Anonymousreply 42September 23, 2024 10:26 PM

R40 she has 3 Oscar nominations? Yeah, her resume has some good projects.

by Anonymousreply 43September 23, 2024 10:27 PM

Is this a she has no prospects type of movie?

by Anonymousreply 44September 23, 2024 10:41 PM

Why are some people thinking this will suck? Robbie and Elordi are stars and Fennell hasn’t let us down yet.

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by Anonymousreply 45September 23, 2024 11:28 PM

Paul Mescal would be a better Heathcliff.

She’s way too old for Cathy, but I don’t think Robbie would be a good fit for any of the 19th century heroine parts that a thirty-something actress could get away with - Anne in Persuasion, Dorothea in Middlemarch…

by Anonymousreply 46September 23, 2024 11:41 PM

Racism is part of Heathcliff’s story in the book. The films all erased that.

by Anonymousreply 47September 23, 2024 11:43 PM

R43 - 2 acting nominations, one for I, Tonya and one for Bombshell. While good films, they're not serious dramas.

I hope she pulls out. And God forbid they do a 'modern' treatment of it in today's times, but then again, I can't think of a version that has done that.

by Anonymousreply 48September 24, 2024 4:24 PM

Have none of you seen Margot Robbie in Mary, Queen of Scots (playing QE1)? She CAN do period and do it well. She was nominated that year for Bombshell in supporting but I consider that citation for her Mary, Queen of Scots performance as well.

by Anonymousreply 49September 24, 2024 4:35 PM

Someone needs to tell Emerald Fennell she is not that talented.

by Anonymousreply 50September 24, 2024 5:04 PM

Sorry r50, but my nails are wet.

by Anonymousreply 51September 24, 2024 5:07 PM

Am I the first one to call out that R1 is talking about PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and not WUTHERING HEIGHTS?!

R1, I guess everyone must have you blocked.

by Anonymousreply 52September 24, 2024 5:08 PM

It's just a nasty story. Doesn't matter who's in it. If it's true to the book then Heathcliff is a sadistic creep. If it isn't true to the book then it's not really Wuthering Heights.

by Anonymousreply 53September 24, 2024 5:11 PM

R45, I’d say she’s batting 0 for 2.

by Anonymousreply 54September 24, 2024 5:11 PM

They’d make a great looking couple if she weren’t already married.

by Anonymousreply 55September 24, 2024 5:12 PM

[quote] A must watch.

We’ve had sufficient.

by Anonymousreply 56September 24, 2024 5:16 PM

Promising Young Woman was excellent and Carey Mulligan was robbed of the Oscar that year.

by Anonymousreply 57September 24, 2024 5:35 PM

I love Margot and Jacob is great so is Emerald. So just stfu all you trolls.

by Anonymousreply 58September 24, 2024 5:42 PM

This is one of my favorite novels, & the casting is NOT hitting the mark.

Margot is beautiful, but she is not the archetype for this role.

by Anonymousreply 59September 24, 2024 5:45 PM

You can love Margo all you want, but she's WAY too long in the tooth to be playing the part of Catherine. Period. She's 34 fucking years old. Catherine is almost half her damn age in WH.

What's with all these Australian actresses trying to play age-inappropriate roles? YOU'RE TOO OL.D.

by Anonymousreply 60September 24, 2024 5:46 PM

^you, not your

by Anonymousreply 61September 24, 2024 5:47 PM

R45 I wouldn’t call Elordi quite a star yet but he’s getting there.

by Anonymousreply 62September 24, 2024 5:48 PM

R60 - I feel attacked.

by Anonymousreply 63September 24, 2024 5:49 PM

Will Jacob get his big peen out, running nude over the moors?

by Anonymousreply 64September 24, 2024 7:52 PM

Margot Robbie needs to be sent back to Australia. She can’t act and isn’t the bombshell they wish to make her out to be. She’s a dime a dozen in Australia.

by Anonymousreply 65September 24, 2024 8:00 PM

She was perfect in Barbie.

by Anonymousreply 66September 24, 2024 8:02 PM

Agree, r65. She has a very generic look to her. She's very similar to Jaime Pressley.

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by Anonymousreply 67September 24, 2024 8:12 PM

Here's another Jaime who has a similar look.

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by Anonymousreply 68September 24, 2024 8:21 PM

R67/68 - you could say the same of Jacob Elordi. I disagree with you but he's attractive, but nothing to lose sleep over.

This also feels like a long desired wish of Emerald Fennell to make a version that would suit her from her teenage reading of the novel.

Again - none of this is needed or wanted.

by Anonymousreply 69September 24, 2024 8:42 PM

They make a great couple. If she’s playing his mother.

by Anonymousreply 70September 24, 2024 8:44 PM

Jamie Preslly was very pretty.

by Anonymousreply 71September 24, 2024 9:13 PM

He’s attractive enough but he’s too boyish.

by Anonymousreply 72September 24, 2024 9:57 PM

I think his face looks like an image from a funhouse mirror. It's not that attractive to me at all.

by Anonymousreply 73September 24, 2024 9:59 PM

Gotdamn, he's attractive

by Anonymousreply 74September 24, 2024 10:01 PM

R70 That’s biologically impossible. She is only 7 years older than him.

by Anonymousreply 75September 24, 2024 10:07 PM

I thought Margot Robbie was all wrong as Barbie too when I saw the first photos of her in Barbie outfits but I reconsidered when I saw the trailer. Then when I saw the movie I did think she was perfect. It was the movie that mostly sucked, except for the parts that were just the Barbies in Barbieland.

by Anonymousreply 76September 24, 2024 10:12 PM

R67 r68 can’t forget Samara Weaving

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by Anonymousreply 77September 24, 2024 10:15 PM

good one, r77

by Anonymousreply 78September 24, 2024 10:19 PM

[Quote] DEI? Can you grow the fuck up?

Are you mentally retarded? What was there about my reference to DEI that you didn’t understand?

by Anonymousreply 79September 24, 2024 11:19 PM

[Quote] The “DEI” poster above is a racist troll.

Jesus fucking Christ. I said

[Quote] And no I DONT mean DEI.

So I specially was NOT referring to it.

by Anonymousreply 80September 24, 2024 11:20 PM

Withering Interest is a more appropriate title

by Anonymousreply 81September 25, 2024 7:41 PM

[quote] She was perfect in Barbie.

No she wasn’t. First of all, that film was a piece of shit. Second, she doesn’t look like Barbie.

by Anonymousreply 82September 25, 2024 8:10 PM

[quote] Gotdamn, he's unattractive

by Anonymousreply 83September 25, 2024 8:11 PM

Oh god, R82. Are you that psychotic anti-Barbie person from last summer who had daily meltdowns about the movie?

by Anonymousreply 84September 25, 2024 8:20 PM

R84 😂 right.

by Anonymousreply 85September 25, 2024 8:22 PM

Tired of Margot Robie. Her Sharon Tate was awful.

by Anonymousreply 86September 25, 2024 8:44 PM

okay

by Anonymousreply 87September 25, 2024 9:14 PM

[quote]the guy is too….too young/soft/untested.

I agree, he looks too sweet. Rufus Sewell, as mentioned above, would have been a perfect Heathcliff back in the day.

by Anonymousreply 88September 25, 2024 9:27 PM

R18, not at all. The criticism of DEI is that it often sacrifices merit and purpose for superficial diversity.

Example, nothing wrong with making Ariel black. But where it got weird for me was where they kept Eric white but still created an adoption storyline so they could have a black queen. God, if you want a black queen that badly, just make Eric black too.

Gays do not need DEI to be successful. We do just fine on our own merit without the need for DEI.

by Anonymousreply 89September 26, 2024 4:00 AM

[quote] The criticism of DEI is that it often sacrifices merit and purpose for superficial diversity

Surely not any valid criticism. Or do you have evidence beyond your own personal mermaid rewrites? Academic diversity-equity-inclusion initiatives correct biases that still persist; I've never known them to produce job candidates who weren't extremely qualified and dynamic. And yes, there are areas where gays are discriminated against despite our "merit."

by Anonymousreply 90September 26, 2024 10:50 AM

Isn't Robbie like a good 10 years older than Elordi? That would change the dynamic between Heathcliff and Cathy.

I recently watched the Olivier/Oberon version and while mostly entertaining it was so wretchedly cringey and melodramatic. Not really interested in seeing the story again with even lesser actors.

Besides, this is my favorite version of "Wuthering Heights"...

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by Anonymousreply 91September 26, 2024 11:48 AM

Here you go, R90

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by Anonymousreply 92September 26, 2024 3:32 PM

R92, can you do any better than a right-wing cherry-picking rag with banners on the "Second Amendment" and "Kamala's cackle"? I guess we know where you get your information from.

by Anonymousreply 93September 26, 2024 4:56 PM

[quote] Academic diversity-equity-inclusion initiatives correct biases that still persist; I've never known them to produce job candidates who weren't extremely qualified and dynamic.

Nice trolling.

by Anonymousreply 94September 26, 2024 6:25 PM

Trolling? I have decades of experience. Nice that you live in a world where there's no prejudice.

by Anonymousreply 95September 26, 2024 6:46 PM

R82 what does Barbie technically look like. Her features are so plain and she doesn’t have a pussy either. Should they have gotten a pussy-less actress?

by Anonymousreply 96September 26, 2024 8:47 PM

Elordi fits right in.

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by Anonymousreply 97September 26, 2024 8:56 PM

[quote]Should they have gotten a pussy-less actress?

She'd never make it, a disaster on the casting couch.

by Anonymousreply 98September 26, 2024 8:57 PM

Naked mansex + Elordi = win

by Anonymousreply 99September 26, 2024 9:22 PM

R97 - Tom Hardy for the win as Heathcliff. He'd have been a great choice. Sexy and rough.

by Anonymousreply 100September 26, 2024 10:08 PM

Test

by Anonymousreply 101September 27, 2024 5:30 AM

R93, I’m still waiting for the left wing journalists to debunk this report.

Crickets.

by Anonymousreply 102September 27, 2024 5:30 AM

Umm, r100? He did play Heathcliff in 2009.

by Anonymousreply 103September 27, 2024 1:14 PM

We need a Heathcliff willing to get his cock and ass out

by Anonymousreply 104September 27, 2024 7:03 PM

R93, just because your adversary says the sky is blue, it doesn’t follow that the sky is red.

by Anonymousreply 105September 28, 2024 12:49 PM

Yes, R104—they should add a woodland bathing scene with Lockwood and the vicar. Emily would have done so, had she been writing in our times.

by Anonymousreply 106September 28, 2024 1:15 PM

Nobody who loves Wuthering Heights is ever going to make a good adaptation of it. They don't have the sense of proportion required to do the structural work. (It's a miracle Kate Bush succeeded so well, but she got away with it by doing it when very young and only dramatising part of one scene.)

Interestingly, I don't think it's ever been made into a ballet (DL please advise?), but that is probably the medium where an adaptation would work--by removing all of Bronte's cumbersome words and using music and movement to magnify the passion and the stormy moorlands. You could easily cast Cathy and Heathcliff from ballet dancers: young Nureyev would have been the best Heathcliff evah.

by Anonymousreply 107September 28, 2024 2:30 PM

i prefer WH to be the PBS version with Tom Hardy. I don't need a remake; that version is sufficient.

by Anonymousreply 108September 28, 2024 4:56 PM

[quote] In the late 90s they should have made a version with Kate Winslow and Rufus Sewell.

Who is Kate Winslow?

by Anonymousreply 109September 28, 2024 4:59 PM

Kate Winslet would have insisted on full frontal

by Anonymousreply 110September 28, 2024 5:12 PM

R103 - Oh I didn't realize. I see it's from 2009. I'll go search it out.

by Anonymousreply 111September 28, 2024 5:43 PM
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