Martin Clunes insulting a horse was sadly cut from Wuthering Heights

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Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights combines two characters into one, and Martin Clunes delivers a memorable performance as a surprisingly vulgar Mr. Earnshaw, blending traits of both that character and the antagonist, Hindley.

During a recent interview with MagicFM, actor Clunes shared that his character, Cathy’s father, often delivers witty insults. While his portrayal of Mr. Earnshaw includes many clever jabs, some of the sharper lines were ultimately cut from the final version of the show.

“Well, there’s a few that didn’t make it,” the Doc Martin star said.

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When asked about scenes that were cut, Clunes explained to the laughing interviewer that his character had used a very offensive four-letter word while speaking to a horse.

He initially hesitated, saying they were on the radio, but agreed to say it after being told any potentially inappropriate parts would be censored.

He admitted to calling a horse a vulgar name, and said his character even told the animal to move along with the same offensive language.

Last week on This Morning, Martin Clunes discussed Emily Brontë’s character Mr. Earnshaw, as portrayed by Fennell, calling him fundamentally corrupt and unlikeable.

In the movie, the character of Cathy’s brother, Hindley, who mistreats Heathcliff, was merged with Mr. Earnshaw. The actor, Clunes, described the resulting combined character as deeply prejudiced against women.

Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights features Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as the grown-up versions of Cathy and Heathcliff, portraying their complicated and passionate, yet destructive, love story.

Charlotte Mellington and Owen Cooper (from Adolescence) will play younger versions of the characters. Hong Chau, known for The Menu, stars as Nelly Dean, the housekeeper. Alison Oliver (Saltburn) will play Isabella Linton, with Shazad Latif as her brother Edgar Linton, and Ewan Mitchell as Joseph.

I’m so excited about this movie! It’s based on Emily Brontë’s classic novel, but the director, Fennell, has said it’s less a strict retelling and more inspired by how deeply the book affected her when she first read it as a teenager. It sounds like she really wanted to capture the feeling of the story, and that’s what she’s brought to this adaptation.

In the novel, the pure connection between Cathy and Heathcliff transforms into intense conflict. However, the director of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn took things further, adding explicit romantic scenes between the two leads.

Fennell faced criticism for casting Jacob Elordi, known for his role in Euphoria, as Heathcliff, a character who is depicted as being of non-white ethnicity in the original novel.

Wuthering Heights hits cinemas on 13 February.

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2026-02-13 02:50