‘Priscilla’s Jacob Elordi Says The Only Reference He Had Of Elvis Presley Was From ‘Lilo & Stitch’

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “The Kissing Booth” actor Taylor Zakhar Perez says he was surprised by co-star Jacob Elordi’s criticism of the rom-com franchise. “I thought it was a shame because to my knowledge, everybody else had such a wonderful experience,” Perez told me Thursday at the GQ Men of the Year party at Bar Marmont in West Hollywood. “It’s a shame that was his experience on the set.

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.

Jacob Elordi is opening up about why he’s not interested in starring in a superhero film and the reason behind he shot down an audition for Superman: Legacy.

, who the saga for years, the wants to make sure everyone knows he is not a fan of the movies, which launched his career in 2018. “I didn’t want to make those movies before I made those movies,” the actor, who played shirtless bad boy Noah Flynn in the Netflix trilogy, recently . “Those movies are ridiculous.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jacob Elordi revealed in a new interview with GQ magazine that he turned down a request to audition for Superman. While the actor did not name the specific superhero movie project, it’s likely he was referring to James Gunn’s 2025 tentpole “Superman: Legacy” as the film went through casting in the spring and summer months. David Corenswet was announced in June as Gunn’s Superman, with Rachel Brosnahan cast as Lois Lane.

EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Presley was a big fan of peacocks until he banned them from Graceland after they started pecking at his gold Cadillac.

Andy Cohen quizzed the impossibly tall Aussie actor Jacob Elordi about her on his podcast, Radio Andy.“Do young straight Australians care about Kylie Minogue?” Cohen asked.“She’s a national treasure, period,” Elordi said.The 15-second clip has launched a debate online, proving the generational divide in Australia is strong.Yes, Elordi gave Minogue the respect she deserved, but the comment section on the clip is a bloodbath of young Aussies claiming they have no idea who our princess of pop is.Next thing you know, the youngest generation will be claiming they don’t know the lyrics to The Veronica’s Untouched.“Young straight Australians don’t know anything about Kylie Minogue,” someone claimed in a very bold move.Jacob Elordi declares @kylieminogue a National Treasure™️!Another said they’d heard of her but couldn’t name a single song. Not one single song? What about All The Lovers or Can’t Get You Out Of My Head?Another young person claimed they’d never even heard a whisper of the pop princess.“Who? Genuinely never heard of this person or anything about them,” they claimed.Even more upsettingly, the young people admitting they do know who she is, claim it is thanks to their Mum and not Spotify.“As a young Australian, I had no clue who Kylie Minogue was until my mum told me,” one wrote.“My mum likes her,” another shared.While someone else said, you had to be a “certain age” to understand the power of Kylie Minogue.Minogue, of course, is an Australian icon; she’s released banger after banger after banger.

Elvis Presley in Priscilla.The Euphoria actor – who plays the rock and roll icon in Sofia Coppola’s biographical drama about his relationship with ex-wife Priscilla Presley – detailed how bacon became a key part of his diet ahead of filming.“You ate a lot of bacon,” Coppola said to Elordi in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, alongside Cailee Spaeny who plays Priscilla. “Priscilla told us that Elvis liked really burnt bacon.”“I ate a lot of bacon,” Elordi replied. “I averaged around a pound of bacon a day.

People. According to Priscilla, who was married to the “Suspicious Minds” singer from 1967 to 1973, no other relationship ever really came close to what she and the late singer had. “To be honest with you, I never wanted to marry after him.

If you’ve seen the new film Priscilla, you’ve likely noticed there were no Elvis Presley songs in it, despite him being a big part of the story.

Ellise Shafer SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Priscilla,” in theaters now. As the opening sequence of Sofia Coppola‘s biographical drama “Priscilla” unfolds, viewers meet a 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) in 1959 West Germany to the tune of the Ramones’ 1980 hit “Baby, I Love You.” This time-bending choice may seem unexpected, but to those familiar with the work of Coppola — who famously soundtracked her 2006 historical film “Marie Antoinette” with the Strokes, Aphex Twin and the Cure — it won’t come as a surprise. After all, though the song is a subversion, it’s a cover of the Ronettes’ 1964 classic and carries much of the musical stylings of the period, courtesy of Phil Spector, who produced both versions.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com What’s fact and what’s fiction in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla?” We fact-checked the film against the source material, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me.” The new film, starring Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla) and Jacob Elordi (Elvis Presley), was inspired by the 1985 book, which became a New York Times bestseller at its release. Everyone knew Elvis the legend, but his former wife Priscilla wanted to reveal Elvis the man.

Elvis Presley’s late daughter Lisa Marie was delighted with Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about her superstar father, but she expressed reservations about the forthcoming film focused on her mother, newly viewed emails reveal.

Jacob Elordi is making a surprising revelation about his preparation for playing Elvis Presley in Priscilla.

Angelique Jackson Priscilla Beaulieu was a 14-year-old Army brat when she met the world’s biggest star, Elvis Presley, sparking a love story that’s the stuff of rock ‘n’ roll legend. When “Priscilla” star Cailee Spaeny was 14, she developed a different kind of crush — a cinematic one — on Sofia Coppola. It all started when she watched “The Virgin Suicides,” Coppola’s 1999 feature directorial debut.

the devil in disguise.A mere four months before the singer died of complications resulting from a small bowel obstruction, Presley sent two emails to the director begging her to revise the script for “Priscilla,” according to Variety.The bio-pic, which is based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me,” focuses on the courtship between the infamous pair which began in Germany in 1959.The issue? Priscilla was 14 and Elvis was 24. “My father only comes across as a predator and manipulative,” Lisa Marie wrote in a September 2022 email.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Before her death earlier this year, Lisa Marie Presley expressed shock and horror over the depiction of her father Elvis Presley in the script for Sofia Coppola’s new film “Priscilla.” Described in two emails obtained exclusively by Variety, the late Presley asked Coppola to reconsider her vision for the character and to spare her family public embarrassment. The messages were sent four months before Presley suffered fatal cardiac arrest in January.

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival has announced that Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla will be the closing film of this year’s festival, where it will receive its South Asian premiere on November 3 at the PVR Maison in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). 

Jacob Elordi is checking out the book selection at the airport.

Valerie Wu Intern Before starring as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” Jacob Elordi was only familiar with the King of Rock and Roll from Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch.” During a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” Elordi sat down to discuss his role in the film, which centers on the life of Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) and her relationship with Elvis. “The most I know of Elvis was in ‘Lilo & Stitch,'” Elordi admitted.