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Jacob Elordi Planned To “Take A Break” From Acting Before ‘Wuthering Heights’ Role
Although Jacob Elordi was ready to enjoy a hiatus from Hollywood, 'Wuthering Heights' writer-director Emerald Fennell pulled him back in.
Jacob Elordi attends the premiere of 'On Swift Horses' during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario.Monica Schipper/Getty Images The Wuthering Heights star recently explained how the Saltburn writer-director convinced him to take on the role of romantic antihero Heathcliff in her upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel. Elordi also raved that his co-star Margot Robbie, who plays his beloved Catherine Earnshaw, is “incredible in the film, she’s a livewire. Fennell—who serves as writer, director and producer on the adaptation, which has been filming in the UK—previously faced backlash for casting a white actor as Heathcliff, who is described in the book as a “dark-skinned gipsy.”
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