Wuthering Heights (2009 TV serial)
Primary characters: typically written as two words without a hyphen
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* [[Tom Hardy]] as [[Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)|Heathcliff]] – Heathcliff, an orphan, is brought to [[Wuthering Heights (fictional location)|Wuthering Heights]] as a child after Mr Earnshaw finds him living rough on the streets of Liverpool. At first he is resented by his foster siblings, Catherine and Hindley Earnshaw. Eventually Cathy comes to love him, whereas Hindley always sees him as an interloper. Heathcliff is eventually consumed by jealousy and hate when Cathy marries Edgar Linton. |
* [[Tom Hardy]] as [[Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)|Heathcliff]] – Heathcliff, an orphan, is brought to [[Wuthering Heights (fictional location)|Wuthering Heights]] as a child after Mr Earnshaw finds him living rough on the streets of Liverpool. At first he is resented by his foster siblings, Catherine and Hindley Earnshaw. Eventually Cathy comes to love him, whereas Hindley always sees him as an interloper. Heathcliff is eventually consumed by jealousy and hate when Cathy marries Edgar Linton. |
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* [[Charlotte Riley]] as [[Catherine Earnshaw]] – Daughter of Mr Earnshaw, Cathy at first resents Heathcliff's presence in her home but soon starts to bond with him. They eventually fall in love but their obsessive relationship is doomed from the outset. Her desire for social recognition leads her to marry Edgar Linton. From childhood to adulthood, Cathy and Heathcliff are inseparable; until she meets Edgar. |
* [[Charlotte Riley]] as [[Catherine Earnshaw]] – Daughter of Mr Earnshaw, Cathy at first resents Heathcliff's presence in her home but soon starts to bond with him. They eventually fall in love but their obsessive relationship is doomed from the outset. Her desire for social recognition leads her to marry Edgar Linton. From childhood to adulthood, Cathy and Heathcliff are inseparable; until she meets Edgar. |
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* [[Andrew Lincoln]] as [[Edgar Linton]] – Edgar is well educated, refined and wealthy, everything that Heathcliff isn't. The two men eventually come to blows over their love |
* [[Andrew Lincoln]] as [[Edgar Linton]] – Edgar is well educated, refined and wealthy, everything that Heathcliff isn't. The two men eventually come to blows over their love rival status in a bid to win Cathy's heart. |
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* [[Kevin McNally]] as Mr Earnshaw – Kindly father of Catherine and Hindley, Mr Earnshaw brings home the orphan Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights, little realising the full ramifications of his good-hearted actions will plague both the boy and his daughter. |
* [[Kevin McNally]] as Mr Earnshaw – Kindly father of Catherine and Hindley, Mr Earnshaw brings home the orphan Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights, little realising the full ramifications of his good-hearted actions will plague both the boy and his daughter. |
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* [[Burn Gorman]] as [[Hindley Earnshaw]] – Hindley is Catherine's brother and resents Heathcliff from the start, seeing him as a rival for their father's affections. Despite Heathcliff being an outsider, Mr Earnshaw comes to love him more than Hindley and Catherine, which breeds jealousy and vengeance in the young man's heart. |
* [[Burn Gorman]] as [[Hindley Earnshaw]] – Hindley is Catherine's brother and resents Heathcliff from the start, seeing him as a rival for their father's affections. Despite Heathcliff being an outsider, Mr Earnshaw comes to love him more than Hindley and Catherine, which breeds jealousy and vengeance in the young man's heart. |
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