{"id":54356,"date":"2023-11-15T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/jacob-elordi-talks-turning-down-reading-for-superman-and-those-ridiculous-kissing-booth-movies\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:30:00","slug":"jacob-elordi-talks-turning-down-reading-for-superman-and-those-ridiculous-kissing-booth-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/jacob-elordi-talks-turning-down-reading-for-superman-and-those-ridiculous-kissing-booth-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Elordi talks turning down reading for Superman and those &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; Kissing Booth movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Actor <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/jacob-elordi\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob Elordi<\/a><\/strong> is featured on the cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/jacob-elordi-men-of-the-year-cover-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">December\u2019s Men of The Year issue of <em>GQ<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, the 26-year-old Aussie actor says that his <em><strong>Kissing Booth<\/strong><\/em> films on Netflix were \u201cridiculous movies\u201d and made him feel \u201cdead inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to make those movies before I made those movies,\u201d he said of the wildly popular franchise. \u201cThose movies are ridiculous. They\u2019re not universal. They\u2019re an escape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor insists on high stands and is shocked when people bristle at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is caring about your output pretentious?\u201d Elordi asked. \u201cBut not caring, and knowingly feeding people shit, knowing that you\u2019re making money off of people\u2019s time, which is literally the most valuable thing that they have. How is that the cool thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Jack Bridgland\/GQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWell, they asked me to read for <strong><em>Superman,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Elordi told <em>GQ<\/em>. \u201cThat was immediately, \u2018No, thank you.\u2019 That\u2019s too much. That\u2019s too dark for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to roles that Elordi does want to play, fans can look to his unsettling role in <strong>Emerald Fennell<\/strong>\u2019s upcoming thriller <strong><em>Saltburn<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Elordi has said that his character Felix Cotton is \u201cin many ways\u201d even \u201cscarier\u201d than his infamous portrayal of toxic high school boyfriend Nate Jacobs in HBO\u2019s <em>Euphoria<\/em> \u2013 and that\u2019s saying something.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which Emerald Fennell has revealed will be canonically queer, tells the story of Oliver (<strong>Barry Keoghan<\/strong>), who is struggling to make friends as a vulnerable new student at Oxford University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post thumbnail-seealso post-83291 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebrity category-eye-candy category-featured category-sl tag-antoni-porowski tag-austin-holmes tag-chris-salvatore tag-claybourne-elder tag-derek-hough tag-insta-snaps tag-ivan-amozurrutia tag-jacob-elordi tag-joel-kim-booster tag-kevin-dias tag-luke-evans tag-man-candy tag-mark-wahlberg tag-matt-bomer tag-photos tag-pierson-fode tag-tom-daley tag-video mv-content-wrapper thb-post-share-style2\"> <span class=\"thb-seealso-text\">See Also<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-gallery\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/antoni-porowski-pierson-fode-jacob-elordi-matt-bomer-and-more-insta-snaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"attachment-theissue-thumbnail-x2 size-theissue-thumbnail-x2 thb-lazyload lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Antoni Porowski\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2531779.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2531779.jpg 180w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2531779.jpg 90w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2531779.jpg 20w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2531779.jpg 360w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2531779.jpg 540w\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1578\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2-1160x1578.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob Elordi is featured on the cover of December\u2019s Men of The Year issue of GQ\" class=\"wp-image-83335 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 370w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 20w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jacob-elorid-gq-photos-2023.11.15-2.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Jack Bridgland\/GQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>As the pair\u2019s friendship blooms, Oliver grows increasingly attached to Felix and his family\u2019s high-flying lifestyle. When he joins the Cattons that summer on their sprawling family estate, he\u2019s in for an experience he\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview, \u201cHow Jacob Elordi Became The New King\u201d by Gabriella Paiella in <em>GQ<\/em>\u2019s December issue and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/jacob-elordi-men-of-the-year-cover-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GQ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE LATEST ON SL<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/jacob-elordi-talks-turning-down-reading-for-superman-and-those-ridiculous-kissing-booth-movies\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jacob-elordi-talks-turning-down-reading-for-superman-and-those-ridiculous-kissing-booth-movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Jacob Elordi is featured on the cover of December\u2019s 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 \u201cridiculous movies\u201d and made him feel \u201cdead inside.\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t want to make those movies before I made those movies,\u201d he said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}