Starring as Noah in The Kissing Booth catapulted Jacob Elordi into fame seemingly overnight.
If you thought the star looked familiar, there's a good reason for that. Here's where else
you might've seen this Australian-born actor climbing the ranks of Hollywood.
In The Kissing Booth, Jacob Elordi plays Noah, the heart-throb love interest of Joey King's
Elle. On the heels of the global success of that film, Elordi could've easily elected
to typecast himself as a typical high school hunk. But rather than pigeonhole himself as
a default Romeo, Elordi instead took on the stormy role of Nate Jacobs in the HBO series
Euphoria – a prospect that excited him. Whatever you think about him in The Kissing
Booth, you're probably not going to like him here - and that's intentional.
He said in an interview with GQ,
"I was kind of hoping that some people would start to dislike me. I was so excited to shed
the skin of what everyone thought about me."
While Elordi seems to have enjoyed his work as Noah in The Kissing Booth and its sequel,
he told GQ that he'd been hungering for meatier, more complex parts - and Euphoria turned out
to be the perfect opportunity. He said in the interview,
"I wanted to make things like Euphoria before I even came to Hollywood, when I was still
in high school."
Hopefully he'll get the chance to flex those dramatic muscles more in the future.
If you were around in the '80s, there's a good chance you watched Crocodile Dundee or
one of its sequels, starring Australian hunk Paul Hogan.
If you weren't yet a denizen of planet Earth back then, this may ease your FOMO: In July
of 2020, The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee dropped on Amazon Prime in Australia and New Zealand.
And yes, Hogan is cast in a major role, this time playing himself in a meta take on the
franchise.
"I'm not really Crocodile Dundee, you know? It's just a character I play in a movie."
So what does all of this have to do with Jacob Elordi? Well, he's the Australian hunk who
stars as Paul Hogan's son in the movie, alongside heavyweights like John Cleese, Chevy Chase,
and Olivia Newton John.
Let's face it: Jacob Elordi is a total stud. With his imposing height, chiseled body, and
super strong jawline, it's no wonder that his Instagram exploded after The Kissing Booth
took off. Who wouldn't want to take a selfie with such a handsome hunk?
Well, if you're not lucky enough to have a framed picture of the two of you on your desk,
you can settle for ogling Elordi in all his glory in a Calvin Klein underwear campaign.
He appeared in the spread alongside some serious modeling royalty, such as Bella Hadid and
famed supermodel Naomi Campbell, showing that he has what it takes to run with the big dogs
in the fashion industry.
In addition to modeling and acting in film and television, Jacob Elordi can check another
item off of his bucket list. That's because in 2019, he starred in the music video for
"Bad Dream" by Emma Zander, a haunting and dreamy homage to the '70s complete with sepia
lighting. It even has a choreographed scene featuring women at a Tupperware party. You
know, the good ol' days.
In addition to being a throwback, the video for the song is super sensual. Throughout
the video, Elordi and Zander get pretty hot and heavy, with shots alternating between
a couple who's clearly lost their spark and Zander's sexy, vivid daydreams. The whole
thing culminates in the pair inviting a third person into their bedroom.
If the comments section is any evidence, plenty of viewers are big fans of the video, especially
because of Elordi's sex appeal. But fans also had plenty of praise for the song as well.
Plenty of actors and actresses appear in horror films before they catch their truly big break.
While Jacob Elordi didn't start out in horror movies, he certainly had his turn on a spooky
set when he starred in 2019’s The Mortuary Collection. Set in - you guessed it - a mortuary,
the film centers on a young girl named Sam who takes a job assisting a mortician.
Elordi plays the role of Jake, an utterly spooky fraternity brother. It's definitely
not the film for you if you have a tender heart, but if you dig blood and gore, it may
be right up your alley.
Before Jacob Elordi found fame in the United States, he had a small role in the raunchy
Australian comedy Swinging Safari.
According to the film's director, Stephan Elliott, Elordi is pretty good at making people
laugh. Calling the actor a gifted comedian, Elliott stressed Elordi's talents to The AU
Review, saying,
"He's over in L.A. now, and he's getting phone calls on how he's not just tall and good looking
and all the things you want, he's got an impeccable sense of comic timing."
While Swinging Safari was Jacob Elordi's first feature film, that didn't mark the first time
he set foot on a movie set. No, his very first experience in front of the cameras was in
a super high-profile series of Hollywood blockbusters: Pirates of the Caribbean.
Before he was a big name, Elordi suited up and hit the high seas as an extra in the fifth
Pirates movie, Dead Men Tell No Tales. But if you think you can find him in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it
moment, think again. Though it's been rumored that you can see him in the movie if you comb
through it closely enough, Elordi cleared that misconception up in an interview with
GQ, saying that he only appears in the background as an extra.
"People are always trying to find me in the movie, and there's 'screenshots of me' in
the movie, no. And you'll never find me."
Still, you can't blame fans for trying. As Elordi had previously put it in an interview
with Just Jared,
"True story, look for a tall guy in a red coat."
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