Margot Robbie Has The Power To Make People Lose Their Minds – Emerald Fennell

Hollywood director Emerald Fennell has defended her casting choice of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi for her latest movie “Wuthering Heights.” She recently responded to critics who feel Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi were the wrong choices for the project.

Speaking at the Brontë Women’s Writing Festival, Emerald revealed that she chose Jacob because she liked his work on “Saltburn” and he looks exactly like the illustration of Heathcliff in the first book she read.

According to her, even though Heathcliff is not white in the original 1847 Wuthering Heights, she still went ahead with Elordi because he is a very believable actor.

“It seemed to me he had the thing…. He’s a very surprising actor,” she said.

Addressing backlash for casting 35-year-old Margot Robbie as the female lead, despite Cathy being a teenager in the novel, Emerald said she picked Robbie because she is as unique in real life as the character she portrayed.

The Oscar-winning director insisted that Margot is different from the many actresses she has met, and it was only right to cast her in the film.

Stressing that the “Barbie” star is an incredible actress who has the power to captivate an audience, she maintained that Margot’s involvement was a no-brainer.

Emerald concluded by hailing Robbie’s beauty, stressing that she is the kind to get away with anything and make people lose their minds.

“Margot is so beautiful and interesting and surprising, and she is the type of person who, like Cathy, could get away with anything.

It needed somebody like Margot, who’s a star, not just an incredible actress — which she is — but somebody who has a power, an otherworldly power, a Godlike power, that means people lose their minds,” she added.

“Wuthering Heights” will be released in theatres on February 13, 2026.