Brand new look at the main characters from Wuthering Heights is revealed

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi starrer Wuthering Heights is coming on Valentine's Day, but we have a brand new look at the film's characters just before Christmas Day. You can watch a 30-second clip on its official Twitter (now X) channel. It's just a Christmas wish from the team.

Margot Robbie is playing Catherine Earnshaw in the film, while Jacob Elordi will appear as Heathcliff. The characters' younger versions are portrayed by Charlotte Mellington and Owen Cooper, respectively. Other than them, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell are in the film too.

The film comes from the Academy Award-winning director Emerald Fennell, who is known for movies including Promising Young Woman (2020) and Saltburn (2023). She also made a short film called Careful How You Go in 2018. Additionally, she has also written episodes of TV shows, including Drifters (2016) and Killing Eve (2019).

Wuthering Heights is based on an 1847 novel

The film is based on a classic novel by Ellis Bell, a pen name Emily Brontë used for it. It was the only novel written by the author. Since its publication, it has inspired a range of works throughout the years, including books like A True Novel (2002), Changing Heaven (1990), The West Indian (2019), and more.

Apart from novels, Emily's Wuthering Heights has been adapted into films before, apart from the latest adaptation. The earliest of them is believed to have been directed by A. V. Bramble in 1920, though its print has been lost to time.

After that, another one was taken to the big screen in 1939, which is said to be the most popular adaptation of the story. It starred Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in the film as Catherine Earnshaw Linton and Heathcliff, respectively. While it landed eight Oscar nominations, it only won the Best Cinematography – Black-and-White award.

In 1970, Wuthering Heights was adapted as the first color film on screen. However, it wasn't as successful as the 1939 version, but it managed to explode at the global box office, reportedly earning $4.5 million against an $800K budget. A 1992 adaptation also saw Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche in the lead roles. Both stars then later appeared together in another film called The English Patient (1992).

Some TV adaptations of the shows are there too. One adaptation was aired in 1958 as a part of CBS's DuPont Show of the Month. More recently, a two-part drama series adaptation of the story saw Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley as the lead characters, which was released in 2009.

What is Wuthering Heights about?

According to the film's synopsis (via IMDb),

"A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw."

While there's only one Oscar-worthy adaptation of it yet, Emerald Fennell's version might become the second one, given the director's history, as she won an Academy Award for Promising Young Woman.