Margot Robbie and Don Quixote, Emerald Fennell and Lorca… the cast of ''Wuthering Heights'' talks to us about Spanish literature (and partying with Charli XCX)

after seeing 'Wuthering Heights'the novel by Emily Bronte has returned to the social debate. Classics usually have such a label precisely because they can be enjoyed at any stage of life – and history – and the romance of Catherine and Heathcliff is one of those that could very well happen in our days. For better or worse. A pattern that we also see a lot in Spanish literature, one that the film's cast knows very well.

Days before the film's premiere, WECB went to London to speak with Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, Hong Chau, Jacob Elordi, Shazad Latif and Alison Oliver about the project… and some other topics. For example, taking into account that the soundtrack has been done entirely Charli XCXHave you had the opportunity to go out partying with her?

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“My God, I hope. I hope I'm cool enough, you know what I mean? Unfortunately, I'm in bed at like nine fifteen, I'm lucky if I'm awake to see through to the end of Married at first sight Australia“, Fennell, the director of Saltburn. It seems that being behind such busy films does not mean that I am going to stay up late. In general, none of them had the opportunity, although they told us before the big British premiere.

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But the truth is that the interview continued towards what most caught the attention of Wuthering Heights: that comes directly from a book. And, going into our own territory and leaving our usual musical theme, we ask them the following question: What Spanish novel would you adapt to the big screen?

Lorca and Cervantes, international

That Federico García Lorca is the most mentioned in all our interviews is no coincidence, but the fact that it is his The House of Bernarda Alba did catch us unexpectedly. Fennell defines it as “moving and amazing”, although she also says: “It's dark even for my taste,” she jokes. Latif and Oliver, for their part, say they would love to see a film version of such a work with Pedro Almodovar directing it.

Chau, Robbie and Elordi directly ask us what we propose. How about a… Don Quixote? “An impossible task,” comments the actor of Basque descent – something we also discussed in the same interview, by the way -, in addition to telling an anecdote about The man who killed Don Quixotethe movie Terry Gilliam of 2018.

It's clear that not only have they made a movie about one of the most famous works of literature of all time, but they're also quite adept on the page. For now, in addition to reading them, You can see the full interview on these lines.

Wuthering Heights It's already in theaters.