Actor & CK Model Jacob Elordi Really Loathes His 'Euphoria' Character

Aussie actor Jacob Elordi returned to model for Calvin Klein this week and opened up in an interview about his "Euphoria" character Nate.

Jacob Elordi first turned heads in the Netflix teen comedy "The Kissing Booth," in which the 24-year old Australian displayed his "Abercrombie & Fitch-worthy bod in five fabulously fap-worthy shirtless scenes," wrote the adult site The Sword. Fashion influencers took notice and the following year he joined a slew of celebrities to take part in Calvin Klein Underwear's 2019 fall campaign called #MYCALVINS IRL that posed the question, "How do you do sexy? Perfectly filtered or IRL [in real life] raw?"

This week the 6'4" co-star of HBO's provocative teen drama "Euphoria" was seen in "a new Calvin Klein ad that displays pieces from the 2021 Spring collection," reports the website Revolt. For the campaign photographer Mario Sorrenti (whose association with the brand dates back to the iconic 1993 campaign with Kate Moss) features Elordi along with "Hamilton's" Anthony Ramos, activist Janaya Future Khana modeling items from the line, which includes white tees, classic denim silhouettes and a variety of monochromatic and gender-neutral pieces. Reggae artist Koffee, Queer Skate LA, Japenese pop star Rina Sawayama, skateboarder Sage Elsesser and dancer Vinson Fraley are also featured in the ad.

Elordi, W notes in an interview, has been delving into the fashion world over the past few years, notably standing out at Burberry fall 2020 in a sequined mesh undershirt and "the first–and so far only–prominent male-identifying celebrity to embrace Fendi's revamped menswear version of its iconic Baguette bag."

He says the reason why he did the first CK campaign was "because I thought my mum would find it cool." And adds that working with Sorrenti was an honor. "His work is brilliant. I'm always grateful sharing a space with an artist like that, it gets me going creatively."

He described his personal style in three words: "Jeans, hoodie, cap." His most prized possession is his dad's leather jacket and his style takeaway from "Euphoria" is to wear anything but what his character Nate wears.

Asked what he thought of the term "man purse," he replied: "It's just a bag?" And what does he have in his bag? "What do you always keep in your bag? A yo-yo, harmonica, and novella."

His favorite pop culture fashion moment is Nicolas Cage in David Lynch's "Wild at Heart." And what's the best fashion advice he has ever received? "If it makes you smile, wear it."

In a related interview with W, Elrodi opened up about Nate, the popular high school quarterback whose confident demeanor shields his social insecurities. "Perhaps the most terrifying thing about Nate is that in the world of 'Euphoria,' he represents an honest and unflinching look at the intersections between rich white male privilege, white male rage, and toxic masculinity," Entertainment Weekly writes about the character.

"He's an emotional terrorist, a narcissist, a sociopath, a freak. All those things," Elrodi tells W, noting that he realized the character was toxic when he first saw portions of the script at his audition. "He was really just a macho college asshole. He was abusive and drinking and yelling at people and throwing his chest around. I had no idea of the scope or the depth that was to come."

He also reveals the story of his first kiss. It was at a Melbourne train station "with a girl named Ruby. A party would happen, and everyone would be like, 'Oh, I hooked up with so-and-so,' or 'I got hooks with so-and-so,' and I just never had the hooks.

"She was a tall girl, and I was myself a tall girl. We met at the station at, I think, 4:20 sharp. It was a date to meet and kiss. It's probably still one of the most romantic moments in my life."

And admits his first crush "would have probably been Orlando Bloom, who played Legolas from 'The Lord of the Rings.' I was like, 'Wow, this guy is perfect.' He was so pure and fine."

On "Euphoria" Nate's sexuality is in question that many speculated on, as seen in this explicit locker room scene: