Comments on: “Wuthering Heights” (1939) Oberon/Olivier http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5934 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sat, 16 May 2026 04:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5934&cpage=1#comment-42469 girldetective Sun, 30 Nov 2014 17:02:51 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5934#comment-42469 I think age is a huge factor in casting, and the adaptations that work best for me get it closest. I'm fascinated that in the adaptations that include Lockwood, he is never shown as a young, foppish city boy, but always as a middle-aged man. One of the many things I liked about the most recent, 2011 adaptation by Andrea Arnold was that she chose to skip child Cathy and Heathcliff for early teens, then older actors for their late teens. I think age is a huge factor in casting, and the adaptations that work best for me get it closest. I’m fascinated that in the adaptations that include Lockwood, he is never shown as a young, foppish city boy, but always as a middle-aged man.

One of the many things I liked about the most recent, 2011 adaptation by Andrea Arnold was that she chose to skip child Cathy and Heathcliff for early teens, then older actors for their late teens.

]]> By: Elle http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5934&cpage=1#comment-42465 Elle Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:33:33 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5934#comment-42465 I find age to be a problem in many adaptations of this kind. The worst is Emma. One of the reasons why Mr Knightley is an unlikely object of love is, I think, that he is much older than Emma. And yet most adaptations don't show this age difference. Think of Jeremy Northam and Gwineth Paltrow... I find age to be a problem in many adaptations of this kind. The worst is Emma. One of the reasons why Mr Knightley is an unlikely object of love is, I think, that he is much older than Emma. And yet most adaptations don’t show this age difference. Think of Jeremy Northam and Gwineth Paltrow…

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