I do agree, that an English girl is better. Especially, as i understand that Heathcliff and Cathy are going to speak with a bit of a Yorkshire accent for some of this production. Which will be easier for an English actress than an American who's never really heard the accent before.
Personaly, i don't think there has ever been a really good Cathy. Which is a shame because she's a brilliant character. The problem i have with most of them is that they often portray Catherine as a much calmer stable influence on the relationship. Which she shouldn't be. If there had been any sort of stable influence on their relationship the book wouldn't be they way it is.
That's the one thing i really like about Anna Calder-Marshall's Cathy, is that she was just as mad, bad and wild as Heathcliff was, which is how she should be. Although, i'll admit Cathy does have some childlike qualities about her too. Overall, that adapation is a bit hammy though.
The thing is most of the Heathcliff's have been very good, but the Cathy's have let it down, and if Heathcliff and Cathy both aren't up to scratch it just doesn't work.
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perorewen
16 years ago
An important thing for me though, if they're going to film this again:
The actors have to be young!!
I've seen adaptions of this where the Heatcliff and Cathy have wrinkles, and very apparently are in the 30's, and this in scenes where they're supposed to be teens. It's really akward when their general behavior is so childlike.
And it's much easier to make an actor look old by make-up, rather than opposite.
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