Jacob Elordi; “Lilo & Stitch” (2002).Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty; Walt Disney/courtesy Everett Collection
Cindy Ord/Getty; Walt Disney/courtesy Everett Collection
Jacob Elordi’s awareness ofElvis Presleygrowing up was mostly limited to a Disney cartoon.
TheEuphoriastar portrays the rock ‘n’ roll icon in the new Sofia Coppola filmPriscilla. While onThe Tonight ShowStarring Jimmy Fallonon Monday, Elordi, 26, made the admission about not knowing much about Presley outside of the 2002 animated Disney film,Lilo & Stitch.
For the movie’s 20th anniversary last year, DeBloistoldVulturethey at first “didn’t think that we would ever be able to license the music or be able to depict Elvis in the movie.”
Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny in “Priscilla”.Ken Woroner/A24
Ken Woroner/A24
“We figured at some point someone was going to pull us aside and say, ‘You can’t do that.’ But representatives of the Elvis estate came out to look at our story reels, and they got behind it,” he said.
“So strangely we found ourselves having a premiere at Graceland. We got a special tour of the vault at Graceland where we took a look at these crazy rhinestone jumpsuits….”
“I was just like, damn, Elvis Presley wanted to be James Dean. He wanted to be Marlon Brando. I’ve researched almost every actor from that time period, and I passed [Elvis] off as an entertainer and singer,” said Elordi at the time.
“But then he was an actor. I guess, in a way, I’m trying to learn from these people. Because I obviously don’t have any friends that have been through the same thing, really, so they’re almost like guiding beacons.”
Jacob Elordi.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
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He added that an old interview with Presley stuck out to him as being relatable to his own experiences in Hollywood.
“He was talking, and he was so charming to the press, but you could see in his eyes that he was just tired,” said Elordi. “He’s like, ‘I’m tired, man. I only get four, five hours of sleep, I’m tired.’ That’s really sad to me, because it’s a different period of time and it’s someone who’s gone 10 billion times anything I’ve experienced, but the same kind of feeling.”
Priscillais in theaters Nov. 3.
source: people.com
