Jacob Elordi talks turning down reading for Superman and those ‘ridiculous’ Kissing Booth movies

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Jacob Elordi is featured on the cover of Decemberโ€™s Men of The Year issue of GQ
Photo by Jack Bridgland/GQ

Actor Jacob Elordi is featured on the cover of Decemberโ€™s Men of The Year issue of GQ.

In the interview, the 26-year-old Aussie actor says that his Kissing Booth films on Netflix were โ€œridiculous moviesโ€ and made him feel โ€œdead inside.โ€

โ€œI didnโ€™t want to make those movies before I made those movies,โ€ he said of the wildly popular franchise. โ€œThose movies are ridiculous. Theyโ€™re not universal. Theyโ€™re an escape.โ€

The actor insists on high stands and is shocked when people bristle at it.

โ€œHow is caring about your output pretentious?โ€ Elordi asked. โ€œBut not caring, and knowingly feeding people shit, knowing that youโ€™re making money off of peopleโ€™s time, which is literally the most valuable thing that they have. How is that the cool thing?โ€

Jacob Elordi is featured on the cover of Decemberโ€™s Men of The Year issue of GQ
Photo by Jack Bridgland/GQ

โ€œWell, they asked me to read for Superman,โ€ Elordi told GQ. โ€œThat was immediately, โ€˜No, thank you.โ€™ Thatโ€™s too much. Thatโ€™s too dark for me.โ€

When it comes to roles that Elordi does want to play, fans can look to his unsettling role in Emerald Fennellโ€™s upcoming thriller Saltburn.

Elordi has said that his character Felix Cotton is โ€œin many waysโ€ even โ€œscarierโ€ than his infamous portrayal of toxic high school boyfriend Nate Jacobs in HBOโ€™s Euphoria โ€“ and thatโ€™s saying something.

The film, which Emerald Fennell has revealed will be canonically queer, tells the story of Oliver (Barry Keoghan), who is struggling to make friends as a vulnerable new student at Oxford University.

Jacob Elordi is featured on the cover of Decemberโ€™s Men of The Year issue of GQ
Photo by Jack Bridgland/GQ

Eventually, Oliver connects with fellow student Felix, the deceptively charming, egotistical son and heir of the aristocratic Catton family and the epitome of the British upper class.

As the pairโ€™s friendship blooms, Oliver grows increasingly attached to Felix and his familyโ€™s high-flying lifestyle. When he joins the Cattons that summer on their sprawling family estate, heโ€™s in for an experience heโ€™ll never forget.

Read the full interview, โ€œHow Jacob Elordi Became The New Kingโ€ by Gabriella Paiella in GQโ€™s December issue and on GQ.com.