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A year after we found our two of our Aussie favourites, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, would be stepping into the shoes of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, we finally have our first look. Sure, a few photos from the set have leaked in recent weeks, but now there’s a trailer and an entirely reasonable reaction would be to stop what you’re doing and turn it on.
With Charli XCX’s dramatic crooning soundtracking the trailer and a literal heaving bosom featuring, the trailer is everything you would expect from the director of Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. There’s sweat, sexual tension, dough kneading (random, but true), and an oddly obscene clip of someone putting their finger in a fish’s mouth. Add to that, Jacob Elordi saying the words “I can follow you like a dog to the end of the world”, and you’ll have a fair idea about how this movie will look and feel.
The words that come to mind are, erotic and sexually charged. All things that have us intrigued. But while the trailer has been met with panting by audiences, it’s also receiving a firmly raised eyebrow from fans of the classic Emily Brontë novel, who feel the adaptation can’t appropriately pay homage to the novel.
For starters, when Jacob Elordi was cast as Heathcliff, many were quick to point out how little he physically resembles the character due to his whiteness. In the novel, Bronte describes him as a “dark-skinned” man with “black eyes”, while another character in the book speculates that he might be “a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway”, leading readers to speculate that he might be of Romany heritage.
People have also questioned whether Margot Robbie is the best person to play Catherine due to her age. While this might seem like an ageist comment, in the book, it is believed that Catherine is 18 years old, while Robbie is 35. The BBC went so far as to call the overall casting in Wuthering Heights one of the “worst casting decisions of all time”.
The casting choices and the additions of lines like Elordi’s above, which was not in the original book and was added by Fennell, who wrote adapted the screenplay, it’s clear this adaptation will be very different from those that have come before it. Ahead, we break it all down.
What Is Wuthering Heights About?
Wuthering Heights is set in 18th Century England and follows two families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — living in the West Yorkshire moors. The centre love story is a toxic one between Heathcliff, an orphan who is taken in by the Earnshaws, and falls into a fierce and often destructive love with Catherine (played by Robbie).
But when she marries the more refined and socially appropriate Edgar Linton, Heathcliff vanishes. Later, he returns wealthy and with his mind on retribution. And yes, the mutual obsession between Catherine and Heathcliff is still alive, well, and all consuming.
Watch Margot Robbie And Jacob Elordi In First Wuthering Heights Trailer
When Does Wuthering Heights Hit Cinemas?
Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie’s Wuthering Heights comes out on January 14, 2026. (Yes, on Valentine’s Day.)
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