Wuthering Heights Stars Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley Are Engaged

Kathy and Heathcliff (Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy)

Tom and Charlotte hit if off from the moment they met on the set of Wuthering Heights, and now they are engaged. Considering his appearance as Heathcliff, I'd say that Tom cleans up well. Very well.

Charlotte and Tom shortly after their engagement

Tom and Charlotte at the Inception premiere, July 2010

Read more about the couple in the article from People magazine.

Wuthering Heights Reviews

Gentle Readers, Our Wuthering Heights reviews are up. Vic reacted with a parody in which Dr. Phyl analyzes the characters in a post entitled Bats in Heathcliff's Belfry, and Laurel Ann simply attributed Heathcliff's and Cathy's bad actions in the film to Succumbing to a Case of Bad Parenting. What did you think? Visit the links and let us know. Also, PBS offers a blog for its specials: Remotely Connected. Read Vic's review here.


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Heathcliff: Who is Your Favorite?

Masterpiece Classic will be showing Wuthering Heights Sunday nights January 18th & 25th, 9 PM EST on your local PBS stations. Tom Hardy plays the new Heathcliff. However, this book has been adapted many times for film and the theatre. Over the years, who is your favorite Heathcliff? Inquiring minds want to know. Read Vic's review on Remotely Connected, and a tongue in cheek description of Heathcliff and Cathy on Jane Austen's World.

Tom Hardy, 2008 Masterpiece Classic version.

A dark and unhandsome Heathcliff who seeks revenge and is a tortured soul.




Sir Laurence Olivier, Heathcliff in the classic 1939 William Wilder film

A "Gypsy" Heathcliff and wildly romantic. Only 1/2 the tale is told in this film. Along with Mr. Darcy, this role made Olivier's career in films








Ralph Fiennes in the 1992 film version of Wuthering Heights

A cross between a revengeful and romantic Heathcliff. This version presents the complete novel.





Timothy Dalton in 1970 Wuthering Heights - a more gentle retelling of the tale.

Watch him in a clip at Cathy's grave.

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Favorite Heathcliff

Tom Hardy Laurence Olivier Ralph Fiennes Timothy Dalton

There are more Heathcliff actors (see link below). Even the singer Cliff Richards played him. But the above actors are the most well-known. Which is your favorite?

The Character of Heathcliff: The Reader's Guide to Wuthering Heights.

Charlotte Riley adds a Spirited and Complex Cathy to Wuthering Heights this Sunday on Masterpiece Classic

Meet British actress Charlotte Riley who will be starring as Catherine Earnshaw this Sunday, January 18 in the Masterpiece Classic miniseries presentation of Emily Bronte’s chilling novel Wuthering Heights which concludes on January 25th.

Since graduating in 2006 from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), this Thorpe Thewles native has had a bright beginning appearing on stage with Diana Rigg (previous host of Masterpiece Mystery) and Jemma Redgrave (Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park 2007) in The Cherry Orchard at Chichester Festival Theater last summer and in the new movie adaptation of Noel Coward’s Easy Virtue, with Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice 1995), Kimberley Nixon (Sophie Hutton in Cranford), Kirsten Scott Thomas and Pip Torrens (Edward Austen-Knight in Miss Austen Regrets 2008).

Lauded as one of Britain’s most exciting young actresses, Ms. Riley’s portrayal of the wild and impetuous Cathy Earnshaw is both spirited and complex. Her very large and expressive eyes and strong resolute jaw reveal a character tormented over her one true love and her choice of comfort and earthly riches.

Be sure to catch the premiere of Wuthering Heights at 9:00 pm EST on Sunday on PBS. Our very own Vic (Ms Place) has written an excellent review of it for Remotely Connected the PBS blog asking “Is Heathcliff a man?" Good question, which not only the characters in the movie ponder, but viewers will puzzle over too.

Posted by Laurel Ann, Austenprose