Jacob El Wardi talks about filming ‘Saltburn’ and ‘Priscilla’ three weeks apart – The Hollywood Reporter

Jacob Al-Wardi

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For Jacob Elordi, landing starring roles in two major films shot back to back was a challenge he wasn’t sure he’d be able to pull off, but he proved him wrong.

The actor said recently Vanity gallery It is actually “made”. Priscilla Three weeks later Saltburn” Covered.

“It’s weird that they’re all tangled together in my head because I’d be filming all day in London, and then I’d come home to my Elvis cave, which was my hotel room, which was all my pictures. Priscilla,” It is to explain.

the trance The actor added that the only similarity between the two films is that his characters “own some kind of giant house.”

Elordi went from filming Emerald Fennell’s psychological thriller in the UK, where he played Felix, a wealthy Oxford student, to transforming into the King of Rock and Roll in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic.

When asked if it was difficult to move from one project to another so quickly because both roles consisted of completely different accents, he admitted that he initially thought it “would be impossible”, but later realized that “the short time was what made it work for me in my head.” .

He added: “If I had had a lot of time to worry about it, I would have been a little conflicted because I would have been thinking about the whole thing.” “I had to speak with this British accent saltburn, So I got to lose that pretty quickly when I got into the Memphis brawl. But having the three weeks didn’t give me much time to worry about that.

Priscilla And Saltburn They are currently playing in theaters.