Jacob Elordi reveals Barry Keoghan not first choice for Saltburn movie

Jacob Elordi recently revealed that Barry Keoghan was not his first choice for Emerald Fennell’s film Saltburn.

In an interview with British Vogue, Jacob spoke to Barry about the film, in which he plays Oliver Quick, an Oxford University student who lives in luxury under the wing of aristocratic fellow Felix Caton (Jacob). This is going to be summer. estate.

When asked by Jacob what drew him to Saltburn, Barry replied: So, the pages, yourself and the script…what about you? ”

Then Jacob said, ``Verily it was a page.'

The Kissing Booth actor revealed, "Then he [Emerald] said he wanted Timothy Chalamet to play the role. So I said have you ever thought about Barry Keoghan?"

Emerald has previously described her film as "a very British story of excess", teasing several scenes in a review of the film, and Our Watch founder Eric Anderson said that Barry's " "a complete performance... Pure courage."

Following its release, Saltburn received mixed reactions, but all agreed that Barry’s performance and Rosamund’s supporting role deserved praise.

Interestingly, Barry and Rosamund were nominated for Golden Globes for their roles earlier this month.

Saltburn, by the way, is available to watch on Prime Video.