Margot Robbie says she felt a flash of possessiveness while making Emerald Fennell’s upcoming “Wuthering Heights,” teasing that she “got jealous” when Jacob Elordi filmed scenes opposite other cast members. In a Vogue Australia feature built around the two actors interviewing each other, Elordi said he “really didn’t like shooting when Margot wasn’t there,” and Robbie answered that she “hated” those days too.
Robbie pointed to stretches of the shoot when she worked with Shazad Latif while Elordi filmed with Alison Oliver. Both actors said they enjoyed their scene partners, yet the separation still felt wrong for a film centered on Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff’s volatile attachment. Robbie recalled thinking, “this is just not right,” before adding, “he’s mine!”
The comments land as the marketing campaign accelerates ahead of the film’s Feb. 13 theatrical release. A new clip and recent trailer materials have leaned into the couple’s push-pull dynamic, reinforcing that the adaptation aims for intensity rather than restraint. Warner Bros. lists Hong Chau, Latif, Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell among the featured cast, with Fennell directing from her screenplay and producing alongside Robbie.
Robbie has made similar points in other recent press, describing how quickly she bonds with co-stars and repeating Elordi’s line that anyone lucky enough to share a set with her will want to stay within “5 to 10 meters.” Elordi, for his part, has framed their connection as fuel for performances that require obsession to read as truthful.
That same intensity has sparked debate from readers protective of Emily Brontë’s novel, including renewed arguments about Heathcliff’s description in the book and what a new film owes the character’s racialized framing. Fennell has publicly defended her approach, calling her take “primal” and “sexual,” and acknowledging the story’s capacity to divide audiences.
