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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Wuthering Heights director defends significant changes made in adaptation of beloved classic

Emerald Fennell has addressed the major differences between her film adaptation of Wuthering Heights and Emily Brontë’s beloved classic novel, citing time constraints as the main reason for the changes.

The Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman director’s new period drama, based on the 1847 gothic romance novel, features Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie as adoptive siblings Heathcliff and Catherine, who engage in a decades-long love affair that damages two generations.

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