“I remember saying, ‘He smokes in the book.
I need to smoke.
He needs to have cigarettes.
Jacob Elordi in ‘The Kissing Booth 2’.Marcos Cruz/Netflix
He’s a bad boy.'”
Jacob Elordiis committed to his craft.
“I remember saying, ‘He smokes in the book.
I need to smoke.
He needs to have cigarettes.
He’s a bad boy,'” Elordi said.
“I was like, ‘This is bullshit!'”
The actor pushed for the change, but Netflix wasn’t having it.
“I remember going to war for it,” he said.
“I was like, ‘Are we lying to the f—ing millions of 14-year-olds out there?
This guy smokes nicotine.
It says here on page four look!’
I imagine people were just like, ‘Jesus f—ing Christ.
Is this guy serious?'”
“For me, acting is breathing,” Elordi added of his craft.
“I didn’t finish university, I barely finished high school.
All I know is from the books I’ve read, and the plays that I’ve read.”
Cigarettes or not,The Kissing Boothdebuted to streaming success in 2018.
“I loved them so much and playing that character made me happy,” King toldThe Independentlast week.
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