The six-foot-five heartthrob looks like it’s breaking Hollywoods height barrier.
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In June 2022,Sofia Coppolaplaced a worried call to her cinematographer, Philippe Le Sourd.
Could the cinematographer cram such differently sized humans into the same frame?
Le Sourd took a can-do approach.
But Im sure that for some directors, the height difference couldve been too much.
In most walks of life, height like Elordis is an advantage.
Or at least this is what Elordi himself had been taught to believe.
(Elordi declined to comment for this story.
The numbers given are the best we could find.)
Hes taller thanTim Robbins, who, at six-foot-four-and-a-half, is the tallest star to ever win an Oscar.
Yet so far Elordi doesnt seem to be having trouble booking roles.
Elordi first came to attention in Netflixs 2018 teen romanceTheKissing Boothand the HBO seriesEuphoriain 2019.
(Richard grew six inches for the occasion, Schrader tells me in an email.)
Elordi recently began shootingGuillermo del TorosDr.
Frankenstein,in which hell play Frankensteins monster.
If he has come this far despite so much height, how much further can he go?
How high is the ceiling for a six-foot-five star?
We had her do chemistry readings with actors.
One of them was quite tall, and they looked odd together.
The actor did not get the role.
What about the co-stars of tall actors?
Hollywood can be a minefield of egos and insecurities.
(Both actors are six-foot-four.)
None of the casting directors I spoke with said they had ever personally witnessed anything like this.
I asked Rubinek what he remembers about the shoot.
For a couple of walk-and-talk scenes, I had to wear special shoes with eight-inch lifts, he says.
Of course, as ever, most of the real work is done by craftspeople.
To accommodate Elordi,Priscillas Graceland set was built slightly larger than the real thing.
Ceilings were raised, and Elviss couch was made taller.
Spaeny was given shoe lifts and platforms to stand on.
Elordi even affected the movies aspect ratio.
(Maybe this is partly whySaltburnwas shot in the nearly square 4:3 ratio.)
(When they met in 1959, Elvis was 24 and Priscilla was 14.)
but as we were shooting, we discovered that his height actually helped tell the story.
Whats most important, always, is the charisma and the talent of the actor, Le Sourd continues.
If somethings not working, maybe your height is not the problem.
Maybe you are the problem.
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