BRONTE fans are aghast at plans by LWT to use locations in Exmoor rather than the Yorkshire moors for the filming of Wuthering Heights.
Film bosses have decided that the rugged Yorkshire moors, setting for the epic novel by Emily Bronte, are unsuitable.
We can understand the indignation felt by Bronte purists.
But these film maker types are not famed for sticking to authentic locations.
Indian film units frequently use the Scottish Highlands as background for Indian stories, Barnstaple in Devon stood in for a Caribbean island in the film Water and A Hill in Korea was filmed mainly in Wales. Korean War veterans begrudgingly admitted that it all looked fairly authentic!
And as far as the purist are concerned it could have been much, much worse. The film makers could have selected a site in Lancashire.
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