“Barbie” star Margot Robbie has opened up about the exceptional challenges of shooting for the upcoming screen adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic “Wuthering Heights” just three months after she gave birth to her first child in October 2024.
The 35-year-old actress, who is married to Tom Ackerley, said she abandoned her typical routine and was in "a very different headspace" when she was on the film’s set.
"I was three months postpartum when we started shooting. So I was in a very different headspace. I didn't do my usual routine. It was more haphazard," she said.
"And I remember saying to writer-director Emerald Fennell, 'What if I'm not prepared enough?' She kept saying, 'I don't want you to prepare. I just need you to be in the moment," Robbie said, explaining that “Fennell's response was a lovely way of relieving my anxiety. It was about being in my body as opposed to my head."
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The 2026 adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” also stars Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Alison Oliver, Shazad Latif, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell. The film follows the classic tale of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw's doomed romance, exploring jealousy, obsession, and generational revenge.
The actress also spoke about her collaboration with Fennell and Elordi to bring a modern sensibility to the romance, emphasising the nuanced emotional and sensual moments. She recalled one scene where Elordi's Heathcliff lifts Catherine with one arm while shielding her face from the rain, calling it "almost weak at the knees.”.
Robbie noted, "It was the little things that we 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.”
“Wuthering Heights” will release on February 13, 2026.
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