Cailee Spaeny & Jacob Elordi Had ‘Immediate Love’ For Each Other When They Filmed Priscilla

Meeting a fellow performer for the first time who is about to play our spouse is among the strangest challenges that actors face. And, when you haven’t assessed onscreen chemistry before being cast, the task is surely even more daunting. Cailee Spaeny told The Associated Press, “You just don’t know what you’re getting into when someone is cast as your co-star.” The particularly expedited filming process made this even more difficult; principal photography for the movie was completed in just 30 days. “When you have that little time, you’re shooting massive scenes every single day. You don’t get a light day. So to be able to go into this project with someone who took it as seriously as he did and really took the time to find those nuances and to do the prep beforehand was such a relief,” Spaeny explained. 

On The Kelly Clarkson Show, she revealed that she e-mailed Jacob Elordi immediately when he was cast, asking “Do you want to go horseback riding?” She added, “That’s something Elvis and Priscilla loved to do. He was so game.” Elordi wanted to make the connection fast. “You have to establish a base where you can just fall into this immediate love,” he said (via The AP), adding that it didn’t take long for the onscreen lovers to have what he called an “unspoken language.” According to him, “We would sort of look each other in the eyes and it would just say, ‘You’re going to do this? I’m going to do this.’”