Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2023.Photo:Vittorio Zunino Celotto/GettyJacob Elordifound a workaround for the drastic height difference with costar Cailee Spaeny.InPriscilla, theEuphoriaalum, 26, playsElvis Presleyopposite Spaeny, 25, in the titular role. Elordi — who is six-foot-five —joked toWMagazinethat he found ways to lean while sharing scenes with his costar, who is five-foot-one.“I’m excellent at finding ways to lean. It’s a skill I’ve perfected throughout my career,” said Elordi. “I’m always leaning.“Elordi previously toldMen’s Healthin 2021that he was relieved when a modeling career didn’t work out since he was deemed too tall for the sample sizes at 15 years old.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.From left: Jacob Elordi, Sofia Coppola, Cailee Spaeny and Priscilla Presley at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2023.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage"I’m very grateful. I truly think I would’ve been miserable if I had to do that,” said the actor, who alsostars in the upcoming filmSaltburn.He added that he’s often paired with much shorter costars. “The trick is they just always cast me with girls who are five-foot-two. Everyone’s like, ‘You’re so big!’ Yeah, but they’re alsonotbig, not even average-sized women. They’re quite small.“PriscilladirectorSofia CoppolatoldWthat her friend and frequent collaborator Kirsten Dunst personally recommended Spaeny to her for the project, which is based onPriscilla Presley’s memoir.A24"Kirsten is like a sister to me, and when she recommended Cailee, I paid attention,” said Coppola, 52.Spaeny recalled Coppola offering the role to her during a breakfast meeting: “Sofia pulled out her iPad and showed me some photos of Priscilla. She said, ‘I think you could do it!’ I felt like Kirsten had passed the torch to me.““I’ve had an obsession with Sofia sinceThe Virgin Suicides.That movie rocked me in a way that I had never felt before,” added Spaeny, who won best actress at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.Priscillais in theaters Nov. 3.
Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2023.Photo:Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Jacob Elordifound a workaround for the drastic height difference with costar Cailee Spaeny.InPriscilla, theEuphoriaalum, 26, playsElvis Presleyopposite Spaeny, 25, in the titular role. Elordi — who is six-foot-five —joked toWMagazinethat he found ways to lean while sharing scenes with his costar, who is five-foot-one.“I’m excellent at finding ways to lean. It’s a skill I’ve perfected throughout my career,” said Elordi. “I’m always leaning.“Elordi previously toldMen’s Healthin 2021that he was relieved when a modeling career didn’t work out since he was deemed too tall for the sample sizes at 15 years old.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.From left: Jacob Elordi, Sofia Coppola, Cailee Spaeny and Priscilla Presley at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2023.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage"I’m very grateful. I truly think I would’ve been miserable if I had to do that,” said the actor, who alsostars in the upcoming filmSaltburn.He added that he’s often paired with much shorter costars. “The trick is they just always cast me with girls who are five-foot-two. Everyone’s like, ‘You’re so big!’ Yeah, but they’re alsonotbig, not even average-sized women. They’re quite small.“PriscilladirectorSofia CoppolatoldWthat her friend and frequent collaborator Kirsten Dunst personally recommended Spaeny to her for the project, which is based onPriscilla Presley’s memoir.A24"Kirsten is like a sister to me, and when she recommended Cailee, I paid attention,” said Coppola, 52.Spaeny recalled Coppola offering the role to her during a breakfast meeting: “Sofia pulled out her iPad and showed me some photos of Priscilla. She said, ‘I think you could do it!’ I felt like Kirsten had passed the torch to me.““I’ve had an obsession with Sofia sinceThe Virgin Suicides.That movie rocked me in a way that I had never felt before,” added Spaeny, who won best actress at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.Priscillais in theaters Nov. 3.
Jacob Elordifound a workaround for the drastic height difference with costar Cailee Spaeny.
InPriscilla, theEuphoriaalum, 26, playsElvis Presleyopposite Spaeny, 25, in the titular role. Elordi — who is six-foot-five —joked toWMagazinethat he found ways to lean while sharing scenes with his costar, who is five-foot-one.
“I’m excellent at finding ways to lean. It’s a skill I’ve perfected throughout my career,” said Elordi. “I’m always leaning.”
Elordi previously toldMen’s Healthin 2021that he was relieved when a modeling career didn’t work out since he was deemed too tall for the sample sizes at 15 years old.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
From left: Jacob Elordi, Sofia Coppola, Cailee Spaeny and Priscilla Presley at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2023.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
“I’m very grateful. I truly think I would’ve been miserable if I had to do that,” said the actor, who alsostars in the upcoming filmSaltburn.
He added that he’s often paired with much shorter costars. “The trick is they just always cast me with girls who are five-foot-two. Everyone’s like, ‘You’re so big!’ Yeah, but they’re alsonotbig, not even average-sized women. They’re quite small.”
PriscilladirectorSofia CoppolatoldWthat her friend and frequent collaborator Kirsten Dunst personally recommended Spaeny to her for the project, which is based onPriscilla Presley’s memoir.
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“Kirsten is like a sister to me, and when she recommended Cailee, I paid attention,” said Coppola, 52.
Spaeny recalled Coppola offering the role to her during a breakfast meeting: “Sofia pulled out her iPad and showed me some photos of Priscilla. She said, ‘I think you could do it!’ I felt like Kirsten had passed the torch to me.”
“I’ve had an obsession with Sofia sinceThe Virgin Suicides.That movie rocked me in a way that I had never felt before,” added Spaeny, who won best actress at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.
Priscillais in theaters Nov. 3.
source: people.com
