Overview
- Pedro Almodóvar questioned Jacob Elordi’s range on the Spanish podcast La Pija y la Quinqui, saying he needs to see him in a role that asks more of him.
- He said he has wondered whether Elordi is a sex symbol or a respected actor, even as he predicted the Australian will become a major star.
- He criticized Wuthering Heights as “very bad” and said neither Elordi nor co-star Margot Robbie was at fault for the result.
- He argued Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein gives an actor comfortable cover through stylized, sexualized imagery and a deep voice rather than emotional range.
- Elordi’s profile has surged from Euphoria to Priscilla and Saltburn, with an Oscar nomination for Frankenstein, and he has said he hopes to act in Spanish once he learns the language.