The siblings (Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell) were outlived by their father, Reverend Patrick Brontë, who worked at Haworth Parsonage in Yorkshire.
The nuts and bolts of the Brontë story are brief and sobering. The Guardian interviewed Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who described Emily as “hugely relatable.” Significant changes to Emily Brontë’s biography had been made, not least the invention of a love affair with curate William Weightman (played by Jackson-Cohen). Then came the rumours that this biopic would not be a straightforward A-Z, but rather it would be adopting a revisionist approach. Sex Education’s Emma Mackey was cast in the title role, with Adrian Dunbar, Fionn Whitehead and Oliver Jackson-Cohen also on board. The project, spearheaded by director and screenwriter Frances O’Connor (who herself appeared in the 1999 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park), gave seriously good vibes.
The announcement of an Emily Brontë biopic was always going to generate excitement among the niche cross-section of film buffs and Brontë enthusiasts.
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