Published: 8:30am PST, November 13, 2023
Jacob Elordi Know that he’s not the only young Hollywood star to play Elvis Presley.
However, when the 26-year-old actor played Sofia Coppola PriscillaHe knew he didn’t want to tell the same story or be the same version of Elvis Austin Butler falcon luhrmann was in 2022 elvis,
“It had definitely been on my mind for a while before I read the script,” he explains. gq About the back-to-back timeline of his and Butler’s films. Coincidentally, Butler is now dating Eloridi’s ex-girlfriend Kaia Gerber. “I don’t want to tell the same story again, especially because he did such a great job of playing this guy.”
In Priscilla – which is based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir of the same title – Elordi’s version of Elvis is darker. The film explores Elvis and Priscilla’s complicated romance that began when she was a teenager and he was an adult. This relationship lasted until their divorce in 1973. Elvis died on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old.
“It’s a completely different thing,” he says. Priscilla, “And it’s very exciting, a bit of fire running, too. I can’t think of anything more enjoyable than that.”
Like Butler, Elordi admitted that his voice remained intact while he was on set and throughout the duration of the film. Different Butler, it didn’t stay with him When the movie ended.
“There’s all these layers and hoops you have to jump through to get To have that voice,” the Australian actor says about pulling off the iconic Elvis voice. “So for me personally, to leave my voice and then come back in, it’s not going to work.”
Staying in character worked, as he got Priscilla’s seal of approval.
“She said my voice was perfect,” the Excitement tells the star magazine. “That was everything I needed to get through.”
The second part of the process involved tracing a bit of Elvis’ physique. Although he didn’t have to fully commit to the “Hound Dog” singer’s bulge in his later years, Elordi was able to shed his six-pack abs for the first time.
“It was the first time in my life I had a stomach ache,” he says. “Bacon. It was about a pound of bacon every day. And then when I got to Canada, it was poutine and hamburgers… That’s really my joy. I could order Uber Eats and say, ‘Should I get that burger when I just had Italian? Yes. Yes, I would.'”
According to Coppola, as if his talent were not enough, he cast Elordi because his charm mirrored that of the rock legend. Elordi credits a group of girls who had a crush on him during his first meeting with the director for proving his point.
“I think those girls would have served me very well,” he says. gq,
Priscilla is in theaters now and is Elordi’s 28th Annual Men of the Year gq Issues hit newsstands November 28.
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