Margot Robbie has long seemed like someone operating on a different plane than the rest of us effortlessly talented, impossibly glamorous, and perpetually beloved. But it turns out the Barbie star has at least one deeply relatable weakness: she cannot put down a romantasy novel.
Robbie is currently doing press for "Wuthering Heights," Emerald Fennell's bold reimagining of Emily Brontë's classic, and during a conversation with MangaSpur's Vinci Vinch, she let her guard down about the reading habit that's been quietly wrecking her sleep schedule.
"I read a lot of romantasy," Robbie admitted, "and sometimes when it's 3 a.m. and I'm still reading, I'm like, 'I love it so much, but I need to sleep. I can't put it down, but I love it.'" She laughed and added, "I know it's kind of bad for me. I think we have a toxic relationship but I can't be rid of it."
For the uninitiated, romantasy a blend of romantic and fantasy fiction exploded in popularity in the 2010s, fueled largely by series like Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses and Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean. The genre found a natural audience in millennials who cut their teeth on Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, but were ready for something with higher stakes, deeper world-building, and considerably steamier romance. Robbie, a self-professed Harry Potter devotee, fits squarely into that demographic.
Gothic Revival
Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" pairs Robbie with Jacob Elordi, her co-star from the project and one of Hollywood's most in-demand young actors following his acclaimed turn in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein a film Robbie helped champion after seeing an early cut. "I was blown away," she said. "Guillermo showed me a somewhat early cut, and I loved it."
The experience seems to have deepened Robbie's appreciation for Gothic storytelling more broadly. "There's a real resurgence of the Gothic right now," she observed. "It's really emotional storytelling with an aesthetic in lockstep, and it utilizes people's craft and skills on a big scale. That is so exciting."
It's a fitting sentiment for a film rooted in one of literature's most enduring Gothic romances.
Box Office
"Wuthering Heights" opened on February 13 and made an immediate impression at the box office, debuting to $83 million globally $38 million domestically and $45 million from international markets. The film was produced on an $80 million budget with an additional $100 million spent on prints and advertising, meaning it will need to cross roughly $200 million to break even. Early returns are encouraging, and the film is currently playing in theaters.
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