Natalie Portman Pulls Out of 'Wuthering Heights'

Natalie Portman has pulled out of Wuthering Heights. (Courtesy Warner Bros)

Natalie Portman has ditched her role in director John Maybury's upcoming adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic tragedy, Wuthering Heights.

Portman was to have a starring role of Catherine Earnshaw, the love interest of the passionate and doomed Heathcliff, played by British actor Michael Fassbender.

Portman cited a scheduling conflict with an as-yet unannounced project as the reason for her pulling out. Producers are now scrambling for a replacement for Portman, especially as her departure from the project was announced just days before the Cannes film festival, during which the movie is to be sold to international distributors.

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