There are few books as compelling to Hollywood as Emily Brontë’s Gothic classic, “Wuthering Heights.” The Victorian era novel has been adapted, yet again, for the big screen by “Saltburn” filmmaker and British actress Emerald Fennell.
The latest in a long list of adaptations, the “Wuthering Heights” film, which opens in theaters Friday, has been ripped apart online by Brontë fans for several reasons: the story being marketed as a romance, the removal of the second half of the book from the movie, and the amped-up sexuality of the plot, to name a few. But no choice of Fennell’s has faced more scrutiny than her decision to cast Australian
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