Jacob Elordi made his Saturday Night time Reside debut over the weekend with a charismatic and charming monologue that managed to be humorous and total sentimental.
Elordi kicked issues off with real gratitude, sharing, “Thank you very much! It is so exciting to be here hosting the first and so far best show of 2024.”
The 26-year-old actor defined that many individuals “might know me from Saltburn — not from seeing the film, just from seeing the TikToks.”
“If you saw the movie, thank you. If you saw the movie with your parents, I’m sorry. And if you saw the movie with your girlfriend, you’re welcome,” he added.
Elordi then admitted he is “not much of a public speaker,” after which threw it to the viewers to take questions. A kind of who posed a query was castmember Sarah Sherman, who instructed Elordi, “Just wanted to say, I saw your movie and I thought it was absolutely gross.”
“Well, Saltburn isn’t for everybody,” Elordi replied.
“What the hell is a salt burn?” Sherman shot again. “I’m talking about The Kissing Booth! Two people kissing on the mouth? Blah!”
After a couple of extra quippy questions from varied faux viewers members, Elordi took a second to kick issues off on one other notice of appreciation.
“Before we start, I just want to take a moment to say how grateful I am to be here. I’ve been acting now for like seven years, and it’s so easy to get caught up in the rush of trying to get to the next thing and the next thing,” he mentioned. “But tonight, the people I love are here, you all are here, and because of you, I’m here. So thank you. Thank you so much!”
Elordi has been making waves within the leisure business as of late, with notable performances in drama Saltburn, alongside Barry Keoghan, and his portrayal of Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla.
Followers of the actor can even stay up for his return within the upcoming third season of the critically acclaimed sequence Euphoria, the place he performs the character Nate Jacobs.
ET spoke with Elordi’s Saltburn co-star, Carey Mulligan, on the Critics Selection Awards final week, the place she reacted to Elordi’s SNL internet hosting debut and praised his comedic expertise forward of the gig.
“[He’s] very funny and very silly, and such a sweetheart, I mean literally the sweetest boy, I love him, I love him. When I met him, I didn’t know he would be so nice because in Euphoria he’s so terrifying, but he’s the best, he’s going to crush it,” Mulligan mentioned.
Saturday Night time Reside airs dwell, coast-to-coast at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC, and streams dwell on Peacock.
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