Jacob Elordi makes rare comment on infamous ‘Saltburn’ bathtub scene
Jacob Elordi has shared his reaction to the audience’s reception of the infamous bathtub scene in the Emerald Fennell psychological drama, Saltburn.
The on-the-rise actor stars in the 2023 movie, in which he plays a rich university student. Barry Keoghan plays his obsessive working-class university friend, invited to spend a summer at his friend’s mansion. In one scene, Keoghan can be seen slurping up Elordi’s old bathwater.
“I actually think it shows me just how, I guess, prudish we are,” the actor admitted. He went on to add, “I just think there’s far more extreme things in cinema that I’ve seen, far more graphic.”
Elordi went on to discuss the different audience reactions to on-screen violence and sexual content, most notable in psychological dramas such as Saltburn.
He mused, “There are more alarming things in the top 10 streamed remakes of crime documentaries on every streaming platform. I think that’s much more alarming, the kind of horrible joy that we all get from watching children be mutilated.”
Elordi added, “That’s what was interesting to me. I was like, here’s a piece of fiction with something just a little taboo, and that makes people’s skin crawl. It’s an interesting parallel.”
In a four-star review of Saltburn, Far Out observed of the movie, “It’s a frenetic carnival of cinematic vision and dramatic joy, and even if there’s not much beneath the surface, it’s simply a joy to participate in the party.”
Since Saltburn, Elordi has starred in another gothic, psychological tale, this time Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Elordi plays the monster in the new Netflix adaptation of Mary Shelley’s famous novel, which is available to stream on the platform from November 8th.
He is also set to team up with Fennell once more, playing Heathcliff in her adaptation of Wuthering Heights alongside Barbie actor Margot Robbie.
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