Jacob Elordi Jokes About Height Difference with Priscilla Costar Cailee Spaeny: ‘I’m Always Leaning’

Jacob Elordi found a workaround for the drastic height difference with actress Cailee Spaeny.

IN Priscillathe Euphoria The alum, 26, plays Elvis Presley alongside Spaeny, 25, in the lead role. Elordi – who is five feet tall – joked W Magazine that he found a way to lean on himself while sharing scenes with his five-foot-tall costum.

“I’m great at finding ways to lean in. It’s a skill I’ve honed throughout my career,” Elordi said. – I always lean over.

Elordi said earlier Men’s health 2021 that he was relieved when his modeling career didn’t work out since he was considered too tall for sample sizes at age 15.

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From left: Jacob Elordi, Sofia Coppola, Cailee Spaeny and Priscilla Presley at the Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2023.

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“I’m very grateful. I really think I would be miserable if I had to do that,” said the actor, who also stars in the upcoming film Saltburn.

He added that he is often paired with much lower stars. “The trick is that they always give me six-foot-tall girls. They all say, ‘You’re so big!’ Yes, but they are too not big, not even average women. They’re quite small.”

Priscilla said director Sofia Coppola W that her friend and frequent collaborator Kirsten Dunst personally recommended Spaeny to her for a project based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir.

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“Kirsten is like a sister to me, and when she recommended Cailee, I paid attention,” Coppola (52) said.

Spaeny recalled how Coppola offered her the role during a breakfast meeting: “Sofia took out her iPad and showed me some photos of Priscilla. She said, ‘I think you could do it!’ I felt like Kirsten passed the torch to me.”

“Since then I have had an obsession with Sofia Suicide virgins. That movie shook me in a way I’ve never felt before,” added Spaeny, who won Best Actress at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.

Priscilla it’s in theaters on November 3.

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