Jacob Elordi almost quit acting after The Kissing Booth fame

In an interview for the September 2022 issue of GQ, the Australian actor reflected on how he became overwhelmed by the attention he received after starring as Noah Flynn in the 2018 teen romantic comedy opposite Joey King. “(It) might sound quite sensitive and dramatic, but I am sensitive and I’m very dramatic. I hated being a character to the public. I felt so far from myself. It felt like, all of a sudden, I was a poster. Like I was a billboard. It felt like it was for sale. Then my brain went through the f**king wringer...”