Overview
- Elordi recalls moments on the English moors, even between takes, when he and Robbie felt they were truly inhabiting Heathcliff and Catherine.
- He says listening to Kate Bush’s song and watching sunsets on location made the experience feel unusually profound and immersive.
- Writer-director Emerald Fennell has characterized her adaptation as primal and sexual, while Robbie says the finished film plays more as an epic romance than pure provocation.
- The film is scheduled to open in theaters on Feb. 13, with a cast that includes Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell.
- Robbie previously defended Elordi’s casting following fan scrutiny, saying of his performance, “He is Heathcliff.”