Jacob Elordi has admitted to having an ‘obsession’ with Margot Robbie during the making of Wuthering Heights.
In a new interview, the 28-year-old Frankenstein actor said the feeling was ‘mutual’ between the two Aussie stars.
The Brisbane-born star gushed that he made sure he was no less than 10 metres away from the Barbie actress ‘at all times’.
‘We have a mutual obsession,’ he told US entertainment platform Fandango, as the 35-year-old blonde beauty sat nearby.
‘I think the thing is, regardless of plot or screenplay, if you have the opportunity to share a film set with Margot Robbie, you’re going to make sure you’re within 5 to 10 metres at all times.
‘Watching how she drinks tea, how she eats her food, how she does it. When is it going to slip? When is the thing going to come undone? And, it never comes undone,’ he added.
Jacob Elordi has admitted to having an ‘obsession’ with Margot Robbie during the making of Wuthering Heights. (Pictured)
The Brisbane-born star gushed that he made sure he was no less than 10 metres away from the Barbie actress ‘at all times’
Elsewhere, the Saltburn star, who plays Heathcliff opposite Margot’s Catherine, shared more behind the scenes secrets.
‘There’d be a moment where we’d be running hand-in-hand through the moors – maybe not even in the scene, just setting it up – where I’d look across at her and she’d be looking at me… and in that moment, we really were a part of their love, for real.’
Margot and Jacob are seen as star-crossed lovers in the movie – a take on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel which is considered a masterpiece of English literature.
It comes after Margot admitted she was fearful about shooting Wuthering Heights when she was just three months postpartum and shed light on her steamy scenes.
Following Emerald’s saucy epic Saltburn, Margot noted that many viewers are incorrectly expecting extremely sizzling scenes.
However she admitted that some of the more tender moments with Jacob made her ‘weak at the knees’.
Speaking to British Vogue, Margot discussed how she felt throwing herself back into work just three months after welcoming her son in October 2024 with husband Tom Ackerley – and how Emerald acted to ‘relieve her anxiety’.
Speaking about the expectations for the movie and its saucy content, Margot said: ‘Everyone’s expecting this to be very, very raunchy. I think people will be surprised.
‘We have a mutual obsession,’ he told US entertainment platform Fandango, as Margot sat nearby (Margot is pictured during the interview)
In Wuthering Heights, Jacob plays Heathcliff opposite Margot’s Catherine
‘Not to say there aren’t sexual elements and that it’s not provocative – it definitely is provocative – but it’s more romantic than provocative. This is a big epic romance.’
She admitted that the film is set to fill a void for lovers of romantic movies, saying: ‘It’s just been so long since we’ve had one – maybe The Notebook, also The English Patient. You have to go back decades.
‘It’s that feeling when your chest swells or it’s like someone’s punched you in the guts and the air leaves your body. That’s a signature of Emerald’s. Whether it’s titillating or repulsion, her superpower is eliciting a physical response.’
