Jacob Elordi’s first celebrity crush? Brad Pitt!
Elordi, 26, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday and played a game with host Jimmy Fallon that included Priscilla the star answers questions about various “firsts” in his life. When Fallon, 49, asked who Elordi’s first celebrity crush was, the actor surprised the late-night host.
“Brad Pitt,” Elordi replied, to which Fallon replied, “You had a crush on Brad?”
“Yes. I mean in Troy” Elordi said, referring to the 59-year-old Pitt’s role as the mythological ancient Greek warrior Achilles in the 2004 epic war film. Troy.
“He’s a beautiful man, there’s no denying that,” Elordi said of Pitt’s appearance in the film.
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Jacob Elordi on ‘The Tonight Show’ October 23, 2023
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Elordi’s other answers about significant “firsts” in his life included seeing Eminem for Elordi’s first concert at age 14, making coffee in the morning, and his childhood wish to be like famous skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Elordi appeared on Tonight’s show to promote his upcoming film Priscilla, in which he plays Elvis Presley. During an interview with Fallon — made it possible Priscillatemporary contract with SAG-AFTRA amid the ongoing Hollywood actors’ strike — Elordi also admitted that the first Elvis song he heard was probably his song that appeared in the 2002 Disney animated film. Lilo & Stitch.
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When Fallon asked Elordi if he grew up an Elvis fan, the actor replied, “No. The most I knew about Elvis was in Lilo & Stitch … which is a lot by the way.” The film features the main character Lilo teaching the blue alien Stitch about Elvis, and the film’s soundtrack featured several songs by the rock and roll legend.
“[The first Elvis song I heard] he would be inside Lilo & Stitch” Elordi told Fallon later in his appearance.
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Elordi joins Austin Butler on the shortlist of actors to portray Elvis in recent years Priscillawhich focuses on the rock icon’s relationship and marriage to Priscilla Presley, played by Cailee Spaeny, from 1959 to 1972.
The costars recently joked at a New York Film Festival press conference that they “were good friends” as they listed important moments in Presley’s relationship while preparing for the film.
“There’s no gap in Cailee’s performance,” Elordi told reporters, when asked how the actors approached moments where significant time passes within moments in the film. “I would go [on set] — and I’m a pretty well-prepared performer — and I’d say, ‘What year is this?’ She would pull out the script and have everything cataloged by the year. So anytime in between, Cailee would know exactly what happened in those suggestive gaps.”
Priscilla opens in theaters on November 3. Another upcoming film starring Elordi, Saltburnis released in select theaters on November 17th and in all theaters on November 22nd.
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