Margot Robbie has made her method to the highest of Hollywood’s A-list, and it looks like she’s labored with everybody within the trade. Nonetheless, there are some notable on-screen relationships from her profession.
Most lately, her movie Wuthering Heights premiered in theaters on Valentine’s Day weekend. She performed Catherine and starred alongside Jacob Elordi, who portrayed Heathcliff.
Whereas Robbie and Elordi have an intense on-screen and off-screen chemistry, followers should not neglect about her reference to one other well-known actor.
Robbie starred within the 2015 movie Focus with Will Smith. Smith performs Nicky, a con artist who decides to show Jess, performed by Robbie, all the things he is aware of.
All through Jess’s training on the planet of scamming, the pair begin a romantic relationship, however Nicky decides she’s getting too shut, and he calls off the connection. They meet once more three years later. Jess’s presence startles Nicky and nearly ruins his final con.
The movie was a field workplace success and remodeled $150 million. 9 years later, the movie was launched on Netflix, and it ranked fifth on Netflix’s International High 10 movies for the week of November 11, 2024, with 5.4 million views.
Plenty of the movie’s success is derived from the chemistry between Robbie and Smith’s characters. Their on-screen romance is wrapped up within the ethical of the movie — that love is price greater than cash.
If Robbie followers are searching for a romance, they need to take into account Focus, as it is not shrouded in as a lot controversy as Wuthering Heights.
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of the Emily Brontë novel has come underneath harsh criticism by viewers. Fennell basically modified the story by eradicating Catherine’s older brother Hindley from the narrative.
She additionally influenced the movie’s themes of discrimination and jealousy by making Catherine the one who named Heathcliff as an alternative of Earnshaw, performed by Martin Clunes.
This performs into the controversy surrounding Elordi’s casting as Heathcliff. Many imagine the character ought to have been performed by an individual of coloration because of the characterization of Heathcliff within the guide — he was described as “a dark-skinned gipsy.“
Some may argue that Heathcliff’s race was by no means confirmed within the guide, however he’s actually othered and handled in another way by the remainder of the characters.
Elordi responded to the criticism and stated, “That is Emerald’s interpretation of the textual content, and Emerald is an artist that I respect and admire, and I feel her work is actually necessary.“
He added that his aim as an actor was at all times to “serve the reality of the screenplay that I have been handed.“
Focus remains to be accessible to be streamed on Netflix.
- Birthdate
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July 2, 1990
- Birthplace
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Dalby, Queensland, Australia