Hollywood heart-throb stars in Aussie series

News.com.au - 16/04
From Priscilla to Saltburn, Australian actor Jacob Elordi is carving out an enviable movie career in Hollywood. But making projects in his home country is what really makes him tick.

From Priscilla to Saltburn, Australian actor Jacob Elordi is carving out an enviable movie career in Hollywood. But making projects in his home country is what really makes him tick.

The 27-year-old Brisbane-born star has made his way back home to play the lead in the epic wartime miniseries The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a small-screen adaptation of Aussie author Richard Flanagan’s 2014 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.

The drama series acts as a homecoming for Elordi. It was filmed in Captains Flat, a small town just outside of Canberra, and it marked his first lead role playing an Australian character.

Jacob Elordi stars in the new Prime series The Narrow Road to the North. Picture: Prime

“It’s surreal. It’s an absolute treat and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for nearly a decade now,” he tells news.com.au ahead of the series premiere on April 18 on Prime Video.

“It’s a shame it took so long.”

The role is quite the departure from Elordi’s characters in the aforementioned films...
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