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    Jacob Elordi experienced "moments of great anguish" amid shooting Frankenstein

    The 28-year-old actor was required to lose a significant amount of weight in a relatively short period of time in order to star in the Guillermo del Toro-directed movie, and Jacob admits that his efforts took a real toll on him


    Speaking to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, Jacob shared: "My brain was kind of all over the place.

    "I had these moments of great anguish at around 3 a.m. in the morning. I'd wake and my body was in such pain. And I just realised that it was a blessing with Frankenstein coming up, because I could articulate these feelings, this suffering."

    Jacob was a late addition to the film's cast. However, the actor joked that he's perfectly suited to the role of Frankenstein's monster.

    He quipped: "Someone had written after my first film, 'The only thing this plank of wood could play is Frankenstein's Creature. Get him off my screen!'"

    Despite this, Jacob actually feels that he was destined to play the part of Frankenstein's monster.

    He explained: "It came from some other place.

    "It felt like a growth, like a cancer in my stomach that told me that I had to play this thing. I've heard stories about this from actors, and when you hear them, you kind of go, 'Sure, you were meant to play this thing.' But I really feel like I was."

    Meanwhile, Jacob previously confessed to sleeping in his car before landing a role on Euphoria.

    The actor admitted that he was running out of money before he secured a part on the hit HBO show.

    Jacob told GQ magazine: "I wasn't booking jobs. I think I had - I don't know, $400 or $800 left in my bank account - and Euphoria was my last audition before I went home for a little while to make some money and recuperate."

    Jacob was even living in his car when he auditioned for the show.

    He said: "My car was like a hoarder's, stacked with boxes and coat hangers and things."

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