Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi had ‘obsession’ on set of erotic movie that made actor ‘weak at the knees’

After months of anticipated and building controversy, Wuthering Heights finally lands in cinemas next month.

Though it doesn’t seem to be quite the classic novel many people know and love – rather loosely inspired by it.

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are leading the cast of the erotic romance that’s been taken on by Emerald Fennell. And when the trailer was released last year, it was pretty easy to draw comparisons to her previous film, Saltburn, rather than the world of Emily Brontë.

Very far from the 1800s, Charli XCX is even providing the film’s soundtrack.

Although, keeping things a bit lovey, the lead actors have spoken openly about developing a bit of an ‘obsession’ for each other on the film set, while Robbie was ‘weak at the knees’ at times.

Speaking to Fandango, the Barbie star explained: “I’m so codependent with people I work with, and I love everyone so much, and I’m always that person who’s so devastated when a job’s over and I never want it to end. I think I developed that quite quickly with Jacob, too.”

And within the first couple of days, she was so used to Elordi being ‘always in the vicinity’ that she admitted: “I found myself starting to look around to see where he was.”

When he wasn’t around though, Robbie said she felt ‘really unnerved and unmoored’ almost like a ‘kid without their blanket’.

“I don’t know if… I’m trying to get into Kathy [her character] mode, or that’s just how I am as an actor,” she added.

The same goes for Elordi, who echoed that they have a ‘mutual obsession’.

Calling his co-star an ‘elite actor’, the Euphoria star said: “If you have the opportunity to share a film set with Margot Robbie, you’re going to make sure you’re within five to 10 metres at all times.”

The pair play the leads in the film 'inspired by' the classic novel (Warner Bros.)

But while much of the internet runs with the idea of this film being erotic and featuring BDSM elements, Robbie previously told British Vogue that she reckons ‘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. This is a big epic romance,” she explained.

The star also described it as the type of film that elicits a ‘physical response’ which she describes as a ‘superpower’ of Fennell’s.

She recalled experiencing that herself when Elordi picked her up ‘with only one arm’ or when he shielded her face from the rain.

“It almost made me weak at the knees,” Robbie added.

Wuthering Heights hits cinemas on 13 February 2026.