Emerald Fennell is hopeful about Wuthering Heights as the film’s premiere gets closer.
The director wants the movie starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to become a phenomenon that people watch in theatres multiple times.
“I want this to be this generation’s Titanic,” Robbie told British Vogue, recalling what Fennell told her. “I went to the cinema to watch Romeo & Juliet eight times, and I was on the ground crying when I wasn’t allowed to go back for a ninth. I want it to be that.”
Robbie noted that they are hopeful that people “go see it with 10 of their female friends,” adding that she thinks “it’s going to be an amazing date movie.”
When the trailer for the film dropped, the steamy scenes shocked viewers, but Robbie clarified that it’s not as “raunchy” as people might expect.
“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,” Robbie said. “This is a big epic romance. It’s just been so long since we’ve had one – maybe The Notebook, also The English Patient. You have to go back decades. It’s that feeling when your chest swells or it’s like someone’s punched you in the guts and the air leaves your body. That’s a signature of Emerald’s. Whether it’s titillating or repulsion, her superpower is eliciting a physical response.”
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Wuthering Heights opens in theatres on February 13, 2026.
