Jacob Elordi<\/strong><\/a> knew Wuthering Heights would elicit a reaction among fans \u2014 and according to the actor, that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n \u201cI think what [director Emerald Fennell<\/strong>] has done is really perfect and super beautiful,\u201d Elordi, 28, shared in a Tuesday, September 30, interview with WSJ. Magazine<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s electric. And it\u2019s also like nails on a chalkboard. It does something. It moves you in some kind of way, good or bad, but it will move you.\u201d<\/p>\n Elordi stars as Heathcliff in Fennell\u2019s upcoming adaptation of Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s<\/strong> classic novel, a scorned lover who seeks revenge on foster sister Catherine (Margot Robbie<\/strong>) after she ends their affair and marries someone else. Eloridi\u2019s involvement in the project has been a topic of conversation among scholars and fans of the literature since it was announced last year, as Heathcliff is referred to in the text as a \u201cdark-skinned gypsy\u201d with \u201cblack eyes.\u201d The description has led many to believe the character was written to be a person of color.<\/p>\n Elordi and Robbie\u2019s ages have also been called into question \u2014 Elordi is 28, while Robbie is 37 \u2014 with the novel depicting both Heathcliff and Catherine as no older than teenagers by the story\u2019s end.<\/p>\n \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 Director Defends Jacob Elordi Casting Amid Backlash, Says He Mirrors Heathcliff<\/a><\/p>\n Some fans have also brought up the erotic nature of Fennell\u2019s Wuthering Heights trailer, released last month, and the decision for Elordi\u2019s Heathcliff to sport a gold tooth and muttonchops in the film. When asked about those stylistic choices for Heathcliff, Elordi told WSJ., \u201cI mean, he has them.\u201d<\/p>\n Fennell herself recently defended her casting and aesthetic choices while appearing on a panel at Bront\u00eb Women\u2019s Writing Festival in England earlier this month. There, she explained that upon meeting Elordi amid filming for 2023\u2019s Saltburn she felt the actor \u201clooked exactly like the illustration of Heathcliff in the first book that I read. And it was so awful because I so wanted to scream. Not the professional thing to do, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cI had been thinking about making [Wuthering Heights], and it seemed to me he had the thing. He\u2019s a very surprising actor.\u201d<\/p>\n