{"id":2000166,"date":"2025-09-05T20:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2000166"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:11:34","slug":"wuthering-heights-trailer-sparks-criticism-from-fans-what-the-movies-about-why-theres-controversy-and-when-it-premieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wuthering-heights-trailer-sparks-criticism-from-fans-what-the-movies-about-why-theres-controversy-and-when-it-premieres\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wuthering Heights&#8217; trailer sparks criticism from fans. What the movie&#8217;s about, why there&#8217;s controversy and when it premieres."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The latest adaptation of <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em>, Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s classic novel about two star-crossed lovers, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, has sparked criticism over its casting and spicy teaser trailer released this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Plot-wise, <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em> takes place in 18th-century England, set in the stormy Yorkshire moors. It follows the middle-class Earnshaw family, who own a farmhouse known as Wuthering Heights, and the upper-class Linton family. Mr. Earnshaw brings home orphaned Heathcliff from Liverpool and raises him like one of his children, alongside his son, Hindley, and daughter, Catherine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hindley mistreats Heathcliff after their father\u2019s death, reducing him to a servant. While Catherine forms a deep bond and loves Heathcliff, she marries a wealthy Linton to preserve her social status, driving Heathcliff away, but he returns years later seeking revenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s what else to know about the upcoming adaptation and the controversy surrounding it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\" id=\"who-is-in-the-cast-of-wuthering-heights\">Who is in the cast of \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. (Warner Bros.\/Youtube)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The central cast includes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charlotte Mellington as young Catherine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Owen Cooper as young Heathcliff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alison Oliver as Isabella Linton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\" id=\"who-is-the-director\">Who is the director?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Emerald Fennell is the director, writer and producer of the movie. The Oscar-winning director acted alongside Robbie in Greta Gerwig\u2019s 2023 film, <em>Barbie,<\/em> and also worked with Elordi in the psychological thriller <em>Saltburn<\/em>, which she wrote and directed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\" id=\"whats-the-controversy-surrounding-the-movie\">What\u2019s the controversy surrounding the movie?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"655\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/eI5OBVrkUko0sbAB5k1xng--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY1NTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-09\/76962da0-8a6c-11f0-8f6b-b3567e261371\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. (Warner Bros.\/Youtube)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the biggest controversies surrounding the upcoming film is Heathcliff\u2019s portrayal by a white actor, Elordi. Heathcliff\u2019s exact ethnic origin isn\u2019t stated in the novel, but scholars believe that Bront\u00eb didn\u2019t intend for the character to be portrayed as white.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI feel quite strongly that Emily\u2019s intention was that he was either Black or mixed-race, and there are lots of clues in the text to suggest that,\u201d Michael Stewart, the director of the Bront\u00eb Writing Centre, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/wuthering-heights-adaptation-stirs-controversy-145332353.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Telegraph;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The character is described in the novel as a \u201cdark-skinned gypsy\u201d with \u201cblack eyes\u201d and a \u201clascar,\u201d a 19th-century term for sailors from India or Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fennell\u2019s adaptation of Bront\u00eb\u2019s novel comes after a 2011 film adaptation directed by Andrea Arnold, which cast a Black actor for the first time. James Howsen portrayed the role of Heathcliff, following actors such as Laurence Olivier and Ralph Fiennes in earlier productions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Claire O\u2019Callaghan, editor in chief of the academic journal Bront\u00eb Studies, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/wuthering-heights-adaptation-stirs-controversy-145332353.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Telegraph;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the Telegraph<\/a> she feels that the casting of a white man in Fennell\u2019s 2026 adaptation overlooks the ambiguity surrounding Heathcliff\u2019s abuse as an outsider, which can also be interpreted as racist abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat\u2019s part of the horror of that first part of the book is that Emily Bront\u00eb shows the kind of abuse of the outsider, and it\u2019s for that reason that he has been written about, both in fictional terms, as Black\u2026 and, of course, in Andrea Arnold\u2019s adaptation,\u201d Claire O\u2019Callaghan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Along with the casting of a white actor, some fans are also criticizing the erotic marketing of the movie adaptation and are calling it overly sexual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The teaser trailer for the movie was released on Sept. 3, 2025. It\u2019s set to Charli XCX\u2019s song \u201cEverything Is Romantic\u201d and flashes between scenes of Robbie as Catherine lusting over Elordi&#8217;s Heathcliff. It also previews moments of Catherine\u2019s relationship with the wealthy Edgar and Heathcliff\u2019s envious rage over their relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/defneorsomethin\/status\/1963354611953045521\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:post on X;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">post on X<\/a> that has received over 89,000 likes as of Friday afternoon, one user wrote, \u201cnot to be that one friend who is too woke but bleaching the class and racial otherness out of wuthering heights to sell a horny whitewashed romance genuinely pisses me off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another user <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/daehaerys\/status\/1963334448205971955\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on X;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote on X<\/a>, \u201cemily bronte is rising from her grave as we speak because why did they turn wuthering heights into fifty shades of heathcliff and cathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The casting director for Wuthering Heights, Kharmel Cochrane, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/kharmel-cochrane-talks-casting-lily-142733305.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Deadline<\/a> in April that there are \u201cdefinitely going to be some English Lit fans that are not going to be happy\u201d with Fennell\u2019s artistic interpretation of the novel. Cochrane added that \u201cyou really don\u2019t need to be accurate. It\u2019s just a book. That is not based on real life. It\u2019s all art.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\" id=\"when-will-wuthering-heights-be-released-and-where-can-i-watch-it\">When will \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 be released, and where can I watch it?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie will be released in theaters on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s classic novel about two star-crossed lovers, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, has sparked criticism over its casting and spicy teaser trailer released this week. 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