Jacob Elordi Copied Elvis’ Out Of Control Bacon Habit For ‘Priscilla’

Jacob Elordi went whole-hog to play Elvis Presley within the new film “Priscilla.”

The Australian actor defined how he used Elvis’ famously decadent eating regimen to get into character throughout a dialog with director Sofia Coppola and co-star Cailee Spaeny printed by Leisure Weekly on Thursday.

“You ate loads of bacon,” Coppola remarked, including how Priscilla Presley, the singer’s ex-wife and the movie’s topic, instructed her “Elvis favored actually burnt bacon.”

To imitate The King’s consuming habits, Elordi mentioned he “averaged, like, a pound of bacon a day.”

“It’s not that noticeable as a result of I’m fairly lengthy, however I used to be the largest I’ve ever been,” the “Euphoria” actor added.

Spaeny, who leads the image as Priscilla, then made point out of Presley’s love for the legendary “Idiot’s Gold” loaf: a behemoth one pound bacon, a loaf of sourdough bread, jar of peanut butter and jar of jelly dish that he would usually fetch through personal jet throughout a craving.

In response to Elvis’ ex, the “A Huge Hunk ’o Love” singer’s eating regimen was heavy on consolation meals for a purpose.

“Priscilla instructed me that as a result of they had been so poor, that they’d simply reside off peanut butter and banana sandwiches,” Coppola relayed. “So when he was extra profitable, like, it reminded him of being a child.”

“However we’ve to ask her learn how to actually make them as a result of she will inform us learn how to do it,” Coppola mentioned of Presley’s beloved PB&B sandwiches.

“It’s a secret recipe,” Spaeny laughed.

Presley’s ardour for meals was unpacked within the 1996 documentary, “The Burger and the King: The Life & Delicacies of Elvis Presley.”

Within the doc, his former cook dinner Mary Jenkins Langston mentioned, “The one factor in life he received any enjoyment out of was consuming. He favored his meals actual wealthy.”