Margot Robbie left ‘weak at the knees’ after Jacob Elordi scenes in Wuthering Heights

Margot Robbie left ‘weak at the knees’ after Jacob Elordi scenes in Wuthering Heights Laura Harman Published December 4, 2025 7:01pm Updated December 4, 2025 7:02pm Share this article via whatsappShare this article via xCopy the link to this article.Link is copiedShare this article via facebook Comment now Comments Margot Robbie has opened up about Jacob Elordi’s performance in Wuthering Heights (Picture: Wuthering Heights)

Margot Robbie has revealed that some of Jacob Elordi’s romantic scenes left her ‘weak at the knees’ as she opens up about their upcoming film, Wuthering Heights.

The Barbie actress, 35, is set to star opposite Jacob, 28, in the new Emerald Fennell film adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë book.

The pair will be playing Catherine and Heathcliff in what’s set to be one of the raunchiest versions of the classic novel, which left some fans enraged after the first trailer was released.

However, the Australian actress has claimed that it was one more gentle romantic scene that she adored.

Margot described how Heathcliff picks up Catherine with only one arm!#  and then shields her face from the rain, explaining that she found it incredibly romantic and made her almost swoon.

‘It almost made me weak at the knees. It was the little things that (Emerald and I) loved as two women in our 30s, and this movie is primarily for people in our demographic. These epic romances and period pieces aren’t often made by women,’ she told British Vogue.

The Aussie actors play lovers and sort of siblings in the film (Picture: Warner Bros)

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Addressing the provocative style of the film, Margot revealed in the January issue of the magazine that the film certainly pushes the envelope, but it’s more romantic than anything else.

‘It goes there. Everyone’s expecting this to be very, very raunchy. I think people will be surprised.

‘Not to say there aren’t sexual elements and that it’s not provocative – it definitely is provocative – but it’s more romantic than provocative.’

Jacob plays Heathcliff in the film (Picture: Warner Bros)

She explained: ‘This is a big epic romance. It’s just been so long since we’ve had one – maybe The Notebook, also The English Patient.’

Margot added that it was the Saltburn and Promising Young Woman director’s signature style: ‘Whether it’s titillating or repulsion, her superpower is eliciting a physical response.’

She added that she discussed at length with the director about how to portray intimacy on screen: ‘What reads to us as hot or exciting or sexy? And it’s not just a sex position or someone taking their shirt off.’

Margot revealed this information in an interview with Vogue (Picture: Vogue/ Mikael Jansson) Margot had nothing but praise for her co-star (Picture: Vogue/ Mikael Jansson)

The film features original songs by Charli XCX, another element which has left 19th-century romance purists lighting up their torches and pitchforks as soon as the trailer dropped.

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‘The way this didn’t need to be a Wuthering Heights adaptation, like girl if you wanted to make a horny period piece then do that. No need to terrorise Emily Bronte,’ wrote @sshxniaa on X.

‘Emily Bronte is rising from her grave as we speak because why did they turn Wuthering Heights into Fifty Shades of Heathcliff and Cathy,’ said @daehaerys.

Despite some criticism, many are incredibly excited to watch the film, which is set to arrive in cinemas on February 13.

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