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Wuthering Heights' plot thickens, yet again!(Movie review)

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20080801
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Byline: Baz Bamigboye

THE high-profile movie production of Wuthering Heights has had more drama behind the scenes than the plot of Emily Bronte's famous novel - and that's before a single scene has been shot.

Natalie Portman was cast as the movie's heroine Catherine Earnshaw, then withdrew under mysterious circumstances; Keira Knightley dismissed overtures because she didn't want 'sloppy seconds'; Sienna Miller was courted for about a minute but that dalliance was ditched on the Yorkshire Moors; and now I can reveal that the picture's director John Maybury has withdrawn ...

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