Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent?
The answer may surprise you.
“I just practice it in the bath, over and over and over and over,” said Jacob Elordi, who is starring as Heathcliffe in the hotly anticipated new film Wuthering Heights, set on the tempestuous Yorkshire moors.
“I like the meks and the teks, instead of take. I like the M-E-K, T-E-K,” he said, spelling the words out.
Elordi, 28, is starring opposite fellow Aussie actor Margot Robbie in Emerald Fennell’s new take on Emily Brontë’s classic novel.
Before the film has even come out, it has sparked some controversy over its casting as well as its apparent BDSM-inspired scenes.
But there’s also been a huge build-up for the film, and at the premiere in rainy central London on Thursday night, scores of screaming fans turned out for a glimpse of two of the hottest stars on the planet.