Since it was announced that a racy new version of Wuthering Heights, it was inevitable that fans would be focused on the chemistry between its two stars.
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But it come as a surprise to some that one of the most iconic love stories in literature formed the basis for one of Hollywood's most long-lasting couples, over a decade before Emerald Fennell began working on her gothic remake.
The famous novel by Emily Bronte was previously adapted for ITV back in 2009, and starred Tom Hardy as the rugged Heathcliffe, and Charlotte Riley as Catherine.
Like Emerald's take, this steamy version raised eyebrows on set thanks to Tom and Charlotte's sizzling chemistry, and the pair's relationship has since spilled off-screen.
The couple married in 2014 and now have two children together, a son, 10, and daughter, seven, while the actor is also father to son Louis, 17, from his relationship with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed.
Reflecting on the TV adaptation, director Coky Giedroyc shared she had to keep interrupting scenes due to Tom and Charlotte's 'steamy' chemistry.
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Years before Emerald Fennell began working on a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, it formed the basis for another epic love story, between Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley (pictured)
After meeting while filming the ITV adaptation in 2009, Tom and Charlotte married in 2014, and they have two children together (pictured in 2017)
She told The Sunday Times Culture Magazine: 'The chemistry was amazing. It got very steamy, to the extent that I had to keep yelling, ''Cut!''
She shared that Tom was her first choice to play Heathcliff when she began working on the adaptation to Wuthering Heights, and noted that The Dark Knight Rises star didn't shy away from going full method with the role.
'He sent me a little film of him ripping it off and stamping on it, then putting it on his head. It looked ridiculous, but I got his point: ''Can we not be too uptight?'' she revealed.
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This new version of Wuthering Heights will see Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as the tragic lovers Heathcliff and Catherine, and it's set to hit cinemas on February 13, just in time for Valentine's Day.
During the film's press tour, the stars haven't shied away from showing off their chemistry on the red carpet.
In fact, it has led to some complaints from fans that the duo have taken inspiration from Sydney Sweeney's 'PR playbook,' after she put on a similarly cosy display with co-star Glen Powell in 2023 to promote their film Anyone But You.
Jacob himself recently raised eyebrows during a press interview when he declared the pair had a 'mutual obsession' while filming.
Speaking to Fandango, with Margot sitting nearby, he said he made sure he was never more than 10 metres away from the Barbie actress on set.
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Reflecting on the TV adaptation, director Coky Giedroyc shared she had to keep interrupting scenes due to Tom and Charlotte's 'steamy' chemistry (pictured in 2016)
'If you have the opportunity to share a film set with Margot Robbie, you're going to make sure you're within five to ten metres at all times,' he said.
'Watching how she drinks tea, how she eats her food. When is it going to slip? And it never comes undone.'
The mutual 'obsession' helped with getting into character, as Jacob added: 'There'd be a moment where we'd be running hand-in-hand through the moors, maybe not even in the scene, just setting it up, where I'd look across at her and she'd be looking at me and you really realized you are looking at Catherine and she was looking at Heathcliffe'.
'And in that moment, we really were a part of their love, for real.'
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Meanwhile Margot claimed that she became 'co-dependent' on Jacob.
She said: 'I'm so codependent with people I work with and I love everyone so much and I'm always that person who's so devastated when a job's over and I never want it to end. I think I developed that quite quickly with Jacob too.'
Margot went on to add that she became so accustomed to the Saltburn star's presence that when he wasn't around, she felt 'really unnerved and unmoored', adding: 'I felt quite lost, like a kid without their blanket or something.'
The Barbie star also revealed the touching gesture Jacob made when they filmed over Valentine's Day last year.
She recalled: 'We were shooting on Valentine's Day. You made my day and, as Heathcliff, filled my room with roses.
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'I remember thinking on Valentine's Day, oh he's probably a very good boyfriend, 'cause there's a lot of thoughtfulness in this. You did a lot of very thoughtful things.'
On Wednesday, it was revealed Margot and Jacob had matching signet rings made to commemorate their time together.
Each of the beautiful rings features an image of two skeletons embracing, and the words 'Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.'
Several commenters have accused the pair of copying the now-infamous press tour playbook used by Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell during the promotion of Anyone But You.
'They are going way too hard with this film promotion. This is exactly like Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. It's all marketing,' one said.
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'Overdoing it to sell their chemistry,' a third agreed.
'This shouldn't be necessary if the film is actually good.'
Others questioned the optics altogether, with one bluntly writing: 'Super creepy to say when you're married.'
Robbie recently claimed to relish the movie's emotional 'swings' and said her character cries almost relentlessly in every scene she's in.
Asked if she prepares differently for romantic scenes, she told PEOPLE: 'No different to all the other scenes that we do. The movie kind of demands a lot of all of us.
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This new version of Wuthering Heights will see Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as the tragic lovers Heathcliff and Catherine
During the film's press tour, the stars haven't shied away from showing off their chemistry on the red carpet and during TV appearances
'My character essentially cries in every single scene, but no, it was a joy. I loved playing a character who kind of swings from one wild emotion to the other in an instant.'
The new movie is written and directed by Emerald Fennell, and the 40-year-old filmmaker stressed that 'safety and trust and love' were uppermost in her mind when she helmed the sex scenes.
Fennell - who directed Elordi in Saltburn - added: 'It's always just about making sure everyone feels super comfortable and we all are, really. We trust each other and so we try to kind of make it funny and laugh everything off.
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'But love scenes are just the same as any other scene, really. And so we just approach it from an emotional point of view.'