Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has endorsed the idea of Jenna Ortega and Jacob Elordi playing the roles of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen today.Earlier this year, The Hollywood Reporter claimed that a new TV series based on the original Stephanie Meyer book series was in the works.While no details of casting have been unveiled yet, Hardwicke – who helmed the original 2008 film starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – spoke about possible stars today that could take over.Speaking on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked: “Is there anyone in the new crop today? Like who do you cast? Is Jacob Elordi Edward Cullen today? Is Jenna Ortega…”.Hardwicke then interjected: “Oh yeah, that would be perfect.”“Have you seen Saltburn? He’s amazing,” she added of Elordi. “He probably would be Edward today.
Jacob Elordi turned down ‘Superman’ audition because it was “too dark”
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Superman film.Speaking to GQ for a feature interview, the 26-year-old actor was asked if there was a chance to see him in a superhero film in the coming years. “Not particularly, no.
I’ve always been told to say a rounded answer or my agent will get mad at me. ‘Anything can happen!’” he told the publication.Elordi continued: “And obviously anything can happen, but at this stage in my life, I don’t see myself having any interest in that.
I like to make what I would watch, and I get very restless watching those movies. And then I’m supposed to finish it with: ‘Never say never!’”Elordi – who stars as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla – is perhaps best known for his role as Nate Jacobs in the hit HBO teen drama Euphoria, a role that’s particularly infamous for being dark and antagonistic.However, despite the darkness he portrays in Euphoria, Elordi surprisingly reveals to GQ that there was one role he wasn’t willing to play as it was “too dark for me”.
That role turned out to be the role in a Superman film, which he says he immediately rejected an audition for.While he did not clarify which Superman film this was for, it is presumed to be James Gunn‘s upcoming 2025 film Superman: Legacy. Directed by James Gunn, the film will launch DC’s new film universe, spearheaded by Gunn and his co-CEO of DC Studios, Peter Safran.In June this year, it was revealed that David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been cast in the film as Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane respectively in Gunn’s movie.In a four-star review of Priscilla for NME, Matthew Turner wrote of Jacob Elordi as Elvis: “Elordi makes a terrific Elvis, capturing the King’s powerful charisma and making the performance seem somehow effortless, rather than a finely
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Elvis Presley in “Priscilla.” However, there is one role that Elordi didn’t exactly love, and fans are reeling from his confession.Jacob Elordi might be known for his more mainstream roles. However, before playing Nate Jacobs and Elvis Presley, the actor caught the attention of fans as Noah Flynn in “The Kissing Booth” films. The Netflix trilogy co-starred Joey King, Joel Courtney, Taylor Zahar Perez, and Molly Ringwald.The movies revolve around Elle (King) as she finds an unexpected romance with Noah (Elordi), who is the older brother of her best friend Lee (Courtney).
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the 26-year-old Aussie actor graces the cover, Elordi told the magazine that his “Kissing Booth” films on Netflix were “ridiculous movies” and made him feel “dead inside.” “I didn’t want to make those movies before I made those movies,” he said of the wildly popular franchise. “Those movies are ridiculous. They’re not universal.
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