Jacob Elordi turned down an audition for Superman – and our hearts are broken.
"Well, they asked me to read for Superman," Elordi told GQ. "That was immediately, 'No, thank you.' That’s too much. That’s too dark for me."
Elordi, perhaps best known for playing Nate Jacobs on Euphoria, was immediately fan-cast as a young Clark Kent. The fan-casting spiraled into a series of rumors that Elordi had been cast as James Gunn's new Superman – though given the fact that he was asked to read for the role, the rumors weren't too far off. David Corenswet was ultimately cast in the role, with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane.
Superman aside, the actor has a lot on his plate with starring as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla and fictional aristocrat Felix Catton in Emerald Fennell's Saltburn. Elordi also stars as Bobby Falls, a serial killer based on Larry Lee Ranes, in the true crime thriller He Went That Way starring Zachary Quinto.
