Jacob Elordi is no prude.<\/p>\n
The \u201cFrankenstein\u201d star has opened up about his 2023 thriller \u201cSaltburn\u201d \u2013 and one scene in particular that left viewers shocked about what unfolded on the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually think it shows me just how, I guess, prudish we are,\u201d the Australian actor, 28, told Entertainment Weekly<\/a> in an interview published Thursday. \u201cWhen I watch that, I just think there\u2019s far more extreme things in cinema that I\u2019ve seen, far more graphic.\u201d<\/p>\n Jacob Elordi as Felix in 2023\u2019s \u201cSaltburn.\u201d \u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Elordi as Felix in another scene from \u201cSaltburn.\u201d \u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n The \u201cSaltburn\u201d scene in question takes place when Barry Keoghan\u2019s character, Oliver, drinks the bathwater after secretly watching Elordi\u2019s character, Felix, masturbate in the tub.<\/p>\n Besides causing a stir online, the scene inspired a \u201cJacob Elordi\u2019s Bathwater\u201d candle.<\/p>\n Elordi, however, was surprised by the reactions the sequence received.<\/p>\n Elordi\u2019s character Felix during the infamous \u201cSaltburn\u201d bathtub scene. Amazon Studios<\/p>\n Barry Keoghan as Oliver during the surprising \u201cSaltburn\u201d bathtub scene. Amazon Studios<\/p>\n \u201cThere are more alarming things in the top 10 streamed remakes of crime documentaries on every streaming platform,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think that\u2019s much more alarming, the kind of horrible joy that we all get from watching children be mutilated. That\u2019s what was interesting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was like, here\u2019s a piece of fiction with something just a little taboo, and that makes people\u2019s skin crawl,\u201d the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting parallel.\u201d<\/p>\n Alison Oliver, Elordi and Keoghan in \u201cSaltburn.\u201d \u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n The \u201cPriscilla\u201d star previously discussed the bathtub scene and how he was \u201creally excited\u201d to film it<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just really excited when I read that scene,\u201d he told Stream Wars<\/a> in January 2024. \u201cBecause you don\u2019t really see things like that in sort of mainstream movies a lot of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s just great that [Emerald Fennell] was allowed to kind of push those boundaries and expose people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Director Emerald Fennell, Keoghan and Elordi on the set of \u201cSaltburn.\u201d \u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n But Elordi wouldn\u2019t be the first person from \u201cSaltburn\u201d to look back on the movie\u2019s infamous bathtub scene.<\/p>\n Fennell, who wrote, directed and produced the popular black comedy thriller<\/a>, revealed how the film\u2019s cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, reacted to the sequence.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Barry started to rim the drain, Linus squealed like a little girl, and we had to edit it out, and he was like, \u2018F\u2013k,’\u201d Fennell, 40, told EW<\/a> after the movie\u2019s 2023 release.<\/p>\n Elordi poses on the red carpet for \u201cFrankenstein\u201d in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 3, 2025. MARIO GUZMAN\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Elordi signing autographs during the premiere of \u201cFrankenstein\u201d in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 3, 2025. Victor Chavez\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n \u201cThat is the thing,\u201d she continued. \u201cIf in the room on the monitor you are all feeling like, \u2018Whoa, holy s\u2013t,\u2019 then it\u2019s the most exciting thing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n The filmmaker went on to explain how the \u201cSaltburn\u201d bathtub scene with Elordi and Keoghan\u2019s characters creates an \u201cinvoluntary physical response\u201d in those watching the movie.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just that something\u2019s incredibly sexy, or at least I think it is; it has an involuntary physical response, actually, that even when you are not physically supposed to respond vocally because you\u2019re filming, you do that because it\u2019s something that you can\u2019t help but respond to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Another scene of Elordi as Felix in the 2023 black comedy thriller \u201cSaltburn.\u201d \u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it\u2019s those moments where you know that you are getting to something that is incredible,\u201d Fennell added.<\/p>\n Another surprising scene unfolds near the end of the movie<\/a> when Keoghan\u2019s Oliver climbs atop Felix\u2019s grave, removes his pants and begins dry humping the dirt.<\/p>\n It was later revealed that the \u201cEternals\u201d star improvised the shocking moment, and Keoghan, 31, explained his reasoning for including the scene during the 2024 Golden Globes.<\/p>\n Keoghan attends the premiere of \u201cHurry Up Tomorrow\u201d in New York City on May 13, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to see what Oliver would do next,\u201d the Irish actor told Deadline<\/a> during the awards show last year. \u201cI wanted to see what the next level of obsession was.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd by that [I mean], I just wanted the camera to roll,\u201d he continued. \u201cNot to kind of preempt it or rehearse it and what happened, happened. It was one take, and I think it was right. It moved the story forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t