Jacob Elordi opens up about back injury

Jacob Elordi got candid about what killed his teens' interest during a roundtable interview for The Hollywood Reporter.

Elordi was initially passionate about sports since he was growing up in Australia, but an injury made him choose acting.

The Euphoria star recounted the incident alongside Jacob Elordi, Dwayne Johnson, and Michael B. Jordan.

He further began with, "I did Seussical, the musical, when I was 13, as a way to deal with rambunctious behavior — they put me into this thing — and then I realized acting was a way you could find some kind of peace."

The 28-year-old explained, "Where I grew up in Australia, you weren’t really a person unless you played sports, so I did that and enjoyed it enough."

However, the star broke his back at 16 while lifting weights too early. At the time he was also rehearsing for a play at school.

Notably, his rugby coach insisted Jacob choose one or the other. 

The Frankenstein artist was then offered the script of the Guillermo del Toro film, which Andrew Garfield dropped off just nine weeks before shooting.

"I was in the middle of shooting these death camp sequences [for The Narrow Road To Deep North] when I heard about it, but when Guillermo sends you something, you need to respond immediately."

Jacob revealed the journey of the casting, he read the script and discussed it with Guillermo. Notably, then there was a six-day wait while shooting making him even more uncertain.

"I like what Michael [B. Jordan] said about, 'What’s yours is yours and what’s not is not. But this was the first time that after reading a screenplay, I was like, 'No, this has to be mine.'" Jacob concluded.