Owen Cooper, 15, shot to fame this year in Netflix’s recent drama Adolescence
Actor Jacob Elordi has said that Adolescence’s stand-out young star Owen Cooper was “intimidating” on the set of Netflix’s new Wuthering Heights.
The 27-year-old Australian actor will portray Heathcliff in the forthcoming film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, opposite Owen, who will play a younger version of the character.
Owen Cooper, 15, shot to fame this year in Netflix’s recent drama Adolescence, portraying a teenager accused of the murder of a female classmate, and Elordi admitted his co-star was “brilliant” on the ‘Wuthering Heights’ set.
Speaking to Australian TV’s ’10 News First’ about working with teenager, he said: “He’s a rock star. He’s brilliant and he’s intimidating” and praised Owen for being a “tremendous actor”.
Jacob also told how the youngster wasn’t nervous ahead of filming for the psychological drama movie. He said: “I think the first time I met him I asked, ‘Are you nervous mate,’ and he went, ‘No,’ and I thought, ‘Cool … cool, me neither. But, no, he is a tremendous actor.”
As well as Owen and Jacob, the movie – which will be directed by Emerald Fennell – will also feature Hollywood actress Margot Robbie as leading lady Catherine Earnshaw.
What’s more, Shazad Latif will portray Edgar Linton, Hong Chau is cast as Nelly Dean, and Jacob’s ‘Saltburn’ co-star Alison Oliver will play Isabella Linton.
Margot Robbie will produce through her LuckyChap production company, marking the third collaboration between Fennell and LuckyChap after ‘Saltburn’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’.
Wuthering Heights is due to drop in February 2026, and Emerald Fennell told fans last year that an adaptation of the classic novel would be her third feature film. She wrote on social media: “Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad”, which is a line from the novel.
