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Wuthering Heights

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Emerald Fennell directs this 2026 adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, with Margot Robbie among its stars.

12 Interesting Facts About Wuthering Heights

Interesting Facts (9)

  1. #001

    Cathy's swing at Thrushcross Grange draws on the Rococo painting "The Happy Accidents of the Swing" by Jean Honoré Fragonard.

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  2. #002

    The title sequence was made in stop-motion animation. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi each donated some of their own hair for use in it.

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  3. #003

    In the dining room scene, Heathcliff smokes a scrimshaw pipe, a style common among sailors in the 1800s. Jacob Elordi kept it as his wrap gift after filming.

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  4. #004

    In the first week of shooting, Jacob Elordi accidentally gave himself second degree burns on his back. Stepping back against a steaming hot brass knob while showering at the house where he was staying, he had to go to the hospital.

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  5. #005

    The goldfish swimming in the transparent urns were filmed for a single day. They had their own call sheet and carefully controlled water temperatures before mechanical doubles took their place.

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  6. #006

    Edgar's dressing gown was cut from the same fabric as his bedroom wallpaper.

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  7. #007

    Studios reportedly fought over the project in late 2024. Netflix put up the bigger sum, said to be about $150 million, but Emerald Fennell and Margot Robbie went with Warner Bros., which pledged a full theatrical rollout in exchange for a lower bid.

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  8. #008

    At publicity events, Margot Robbie wore a copy of a Victorian bracelet made from genuine hair of Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë.

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  9. #009
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    The kitchen ceiling stands 6 feet 4 inches high, a little under Jacob Elordi's 6 feet 5 inches. Production designer Suzie Davies says the choice was deliberate: Heathcliff can never stand fully upright in the house he ends up owning, a sign that he never truly belongs there.

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Production Story (1)

  1. #010
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    The opening title features strands of brunette and blonde hair, drawn from a moment in the novel when Nelly Dean fastens Cathy and Heathcliff's hair together so it stays in Cathy's locket after her death, standing for the bond between them that cannot be broken. (In the original novel, Nelly ties Cathy's hair together with both Heathcliff's and Edgar's.)

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Deeper Meaning (2)

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    The wall panels in Cathy's bedroom at Thrushcross Grange stand in for Margot Robbie's skin. The production design team photographed and manipulated images, heightening veins and shifting latex-like tones, then printed them behind padded panels.

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  2. #012

    Casting Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff stirred debate among literary fans, since the novel often suggests the character has non-English origins. Emily Brontë's text calls Heathcliff a "dark-skinned gypsy" at one point yet elsewhere describes him as pale, leaving his ancestry deliberately ambiguous.

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