Jacob Ellord is a new rising star in Hollywood, having been discovered thanks to the Netflix movies The Kissing Booth and the hit TV series Euphoria. The Australian actor currently stars in Emerald Fennell’s gritty Saltburn, available on Prime Video, and plays Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, in theaters from Wednesday 3 January.
The actor will soon headline the thriller He Got That Way, in which he plays a serial killer alongside Zachary Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek). A role that is very different from his previous interpretations, as shown in the featurette trailer available above.
The last film by Geoffrey Darling, who died in March 2022, He went that way Inspired by real events. In the 1960s, Jim (Quinto), an animal trainer, crosses the United States with his chimpanzee Spanky. He picks up Bobby (Elord) and realizes he’s sharing his car with a serial killer.
Written by Evan M. Directed by Wiener, the film is inspired by the story of famous animal trainer Dave Pitts and his days with serial killer Larry Raines. Dave Pitts is the only survivor of Larry’s murder. The feature film opens in US theaters this Friday, January 5th. In France, the date is not yet known.
Jacob Elord He will then reprise his role as Nate in the third season of Euphoria (scheduled for 2025), play a young Leonard Fife (Richard Gere will be an older version of the documentarian) in Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada and then join the filming of the drama On Swift Horses with Daisy Edgar-Jones, Will With Poulter and Diego Calva.
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