Jacob Elordi casually breaks down how he perfected the Elvis accent

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Jacob Elordi is interviewed on The Tonight Show
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There was a huge amount of talk about Jacob Elordi's Elvis accent in Priscilla, so it's interesting to see the man himself break down how he got into the role. And, as it turns out, he makes the whole thing sound fairly casual, unlike other actors.

"I watched this clip of him when he came back from the army in Germany, and I read the lines for like 15 minutes and shot two takes, you know, not thinking it would go anywhere," Elordi says in the Tonight Show clip above. "But she [director Sofia Coppola] liked it."

Well, judging by the reviews, everyone else liked it too.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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