I have disliked the idea of Angelina being Cathy since my English teacher told me about it last yearshe just doesn't FIT
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Editgal — 18 years ago(February 01, 2008 02:23 PM)
Just a bit of history: Vivien Leigh was set to make 'That Hamilton Woman' and wasn't free to do WH. Yes, totally, she would have been great.
Actually I think Clive Owen would make a great Edgar. Otherwise:
Heathcliff - Gerard Butler or Karl Urban
Cathy - Kate Winslet
The characters are country people so wouldn't have necessarily been frail, fragile like Rhys-Meyers, etc. Regardless, I think that he and Cillian Murphy are too pretty for Heathcliff. -
Kiwifalling — 16 years ago(May 17, 2009 10:47 PM)
How about Eva Green? People constantly mention the sort of mysterious-gothic look she has. i could picture her in a corset (without the scary eyeliner, though). and she has that sort of wiry fierceness to pull off cathy's wildness.
And Cillian Murphy - great at portraying raw, distraught characters, yet able to make them sympathetic and 3D. I think he'd be a great Heathcliff.
Eva Green and Cillian Murphy - i can totally see it!
Now, who would be a good Catherine (the second) and Hareton? (my personal favorite) A blonde actress able to alternate between spoiled and precocious, and a bulky, awkward-but-cuddly actor for Hareton..thing is, the trend for young actors today are the boyish, slender kind.
Abby Cornish for Isabella. And Sienna Miller, I know she's got a trashy rep, but the fact is, she was really good in THe Edge of Love and Casanova. I think she'd make a good Cathy the daughter. Ryan Phillipe, I think would make a good Edgar Linton. He has that delicate, aristocratic look to him, and he's played several roles portraying the contemporary New York upper-class elitist, so I suppose going back a few centuries wouldn't be too much of a stretch.
Either way, they need to cast actors who look like they're in their twenties. I hate it when they do the "oh, they were twenty in the book, but its okay if we have late-thirties-looking actors". I think this is a detail that is actually extremely important to the book - that the most pivotal plotlines revolved around the characters when they were in their late teens/early twenties. -
GlimmerBunny — 16 years ago(August 10, 2009 09:24 PM)
There has been both grat and really insane suggestions and here's my thoughts on them:
HEATHCLIFF:
Joaquin Phoenix: Really good choice actually - I can totally see him playing the role.
Johnny Depp: He IS a great actor, but I don't think he looks the part (BUT if Keira would play Cathy he'd be a great choice - they have great chemistry!)
Gerard Butler: Probably a good choice, but I'm not convinced if he could play a truly passionate character..
Cilian Murphy: Looks waay too crazy, Heathcliff is supposed to be good-looking.
Johnathan Rhys-Meyers: I think he might be too young and looks too "polished" (but he'd might make a good Edgar).
Christian Bale: I kind of like the idea, but they would have to give him a "rough" makeover!
Orlando Bloom: Can not act.
CATHY:
Natalie Portman: I think she is the best choice. She's young, she's beautiful, she's a REALLY good actress!
Keira Knightley: She's goot a good look and she's British, but the acting skills are so-so.
Kate Winslet: Even though shes a great actress she's a bit too old and I don't think Cathy should have blonde hair.
Rachel Weitz: Kind of good, but too old
Rosamund Pike: Cathy? No. Isabella? Hell yeah.
Angelina Jolie: I actually cant imagine her in the role, but it's not the worst idea I've ever heard.
Lindsay Lohan: American, ugly and a TERRIBLE actress. A big no-no.
So I'd probably go with Joaquin Phoenix as Heathcliff and Natalie Portman as Cathy.
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Clusium — 16 years ago(September 14, 2009 08:04 PM)
Johnny Depp as Heathcliff, & Natalie Portman as Catherine Earnshaw.
Actually, a better idea would be to get kids to play both these characters(since they were both young. Catherine especially), & to get an actual Gypsy to play Heathcliff(since Heathcliff was a Gypsy orphan who was adopted by Earnshaw). -
fcasnette — 10 years ago(October 21, 2015 02:02 PM)
Heathcliff - Arnold Schwarzenegger, when, rejected he goes off to make his fortune he could say "I'll be back"
Cathy - Madonna..
this would then be sooooooo bad the classic status of Olivier/Oberon would be immortal
