I have a theory about Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. The more I learn about this movie, the less I think it is an actual adaptation of Wuthering Heights but the new trailer leaned heavily into the Brontë of it all.
From the start, many were rightfully angry over the casting of Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, a character that is described as dark-skinned in Emily Brontë’s novel. And then there was a conversation about the costumes and Robbie’s hair as Catherine in the film and how it wasn’t period accurate. All this led to me convincing myself that this was far from a straight forward adaptation. My current theory is that Robbie is playing a woman who wants to live out her Wuthering Heights fantasies.
