In case you missed it, Saltburn hit theaters over the weekend, and it’s no secret that the buzz around director Emerald Fennell’s new thriller is palpable.
And while critics are raving about the film, which currently has a 73% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, we’re a bit more fixated on the dynamic between its leading men: Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan.
Furthermore, Elordi, who stands 6’5″, seemed to be very concerned about his 5’8″ co-star’s comfort when he assisted in setting Keoghan’s coffee down for him with the help of his long, long legs.
Later during the cast’s audience Q&A, he even initiated a poke fight. God bless Australia.
jacob elordi picking up barry keoghan’s cup cause he’s taller and doesn’t have to bend down as much killed me LMAO pic.twitter.com/45fx2zd2oK— gio ?? george villiers era (@giogiorubbish) November 16, 2023
Still, the hottest most damning moment came in a recent interview with Variety in which the two actors described a very explicit scene featuring Keoghan’s character and, um, the bodily fluids of Elordi’s.
“I was like, ‘Thank god, it’s mine,'” Elordi said. “I was very proud to have Barry Keoghan guzzling it like that.” (BRB, booking our tickets to the next showing right now. No questions asked.)
As for Keoghan’s response, he joked to the outlet, “[Elordi] doesn’t text me back or ring me back. It’s so weird. He’s pretending to like me. It’s weird man.”
We can think of at least three jaw-dropping scenes in ‘Saltburn’ that’ll have the gays talking for the rest of the year.
Furthermore, both men are certainly two of the biggest rising stars in Hollywood right now.
Elordi recently stole the show as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla. On the other hand, Keoghan won a BAFTA and scored an Academy Award nod for last year’s The Banshees of Inisherin.
Whatever the relationship may be, it hasn’t stopped Gay Twitter X from jumping on a new meme, inspired by their bromance’s sexual tension.
That being said, Saltburn isn’t an outright LGBTQ+ film.
The movie follows the story of Oxford University student Oliver Quick (Keoghan) who’s invited to spend the summer at the home of his wealthier classmate Felix Catton (Elordi).
Surrounded by a world of luxury, partying, and power, Oliver finds himself infatuated with Felix’s lifestyle… and simultaneously lost in it.
And while you shouldn’t hold your breath waiting for a raucous gay lovemaking scene, Saltburn‘s director made it clear that its homoerotic undertones are certainly intentional.
“This is a film entirely about desire, and that desire takes every conceivable manifestation, and it’s so important,” Fennell told The Pink News. “Of course, [queerness is] part of the very fabric of the film… This is a world where everyone wants everyone.”
Regardless, there’s no denying that Elordi and Keoghan know how to market the hell out of a film.
Watch the trailer for Saltburn, which is now playing in select theaters and opens everywhere on November 22, below.
(@heyjaeee) November 20, 2023
