`l removed this from ``Effect on Modern Society and Popular Culture``:  In 2008, it was announced that Abbie Cornish would star as Cathy in Peter Webber's new adaption of the novel, alongside German-born actor Michael Fassbender's Heathcliff. Cornish scored the role after Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley refused the part.  Because Gemma Arterton, eventually, got the role. (  )`