{"id":91284,"date":"2025-09-01T03:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=91284"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:05:40","slug":"emily-brontes-classic-novel-wuthering-heights-seems-to-have-undergone-a-steamy-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/emily-brontes-classic-novel-wuthering-heights-seems-to-have-undergone-a-steamy-upgrade\/91284\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Bronte\u2019s classic novel, \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019, seems to have undergone a steamy upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emerald Fennell\u2019s new take on <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em> is already causing a stir. The first trailer is out, and it\u2019s nothing like the adaptations most people know. The film stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, and it leans heavily into a steamy, provocative vision of the classic romance. Scenes in the trailer hint at sweaty stables, bodice-ripping, and other intimate moments, giving the story a much more erotic edge than the original novel.<\/p>\n<p>The reactions online have been wild. Some viewers are excited, praising Fennell for bringing a modern, bold angle to a 19th-century classic. Others are outraged, arguing that the erotic elements distort Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s story. On social media, people are joking, shocked, and sometimes furious. Comments like \u201cWhat in the 50 Shades of Grey is this?\u201d and \u201cEmily Bront\u00eb is turning in her grave\u201d quickly went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Adding fuel to the fire, Fennell\u2019s choice to include Charli XCX\u2019s music has also drawn criticism. Fans argue the soundtrack dates the film and distracts from the period setting, wishing instead for a traditional orchestral score.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy doesn\u2019t stop at style and music. Casting Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff reignited debates about staying true to the character\u2019s description in the book as a \u201cdark-skinned gypsy.\u201d Early test screenings have also shocked audiences, with some calling certain scenes, like a public execution, \u201caggressively provocative\u201d and \u201ctonally abrasive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Set for release on Valentine\u2019s Day 2026, this adaptation is clearly aiming to push boundaries. Whether audiences will embrace it or reject it, <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em> in Fennell\u2019s hands is already unforgettable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerald Fennell\u2019s new take on Wuthering Heights is already causing a stir. The first trailer is out, and it\u2019s nothing\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":91285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[32522],"class_list":["post-91284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-wuthering-heights"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}