We also know that he is “dark skinned”. Heathcliff has been played in the past by the likes of Laurence Olivier, Ralph Fiennes and Tom Hardy. Who are all, it goes without saying, very white.

He’s played some of the biggest characters in film, from Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter to Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, but Oscar-nominated actor Ralph Fiennes says he has never been offered ...