In some of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s seminal action flicks, audiences are asked to believe that, prior to the inciting incident, this man is simply a regular-ass, working-class stiff tucked away somewhere in suburbia, even though he appears to be a parade float of what a jacked guy looks like, with a Schnitzel-grade Austrian accent to boot. It was always a bit ridiculous, but the story kind of demanded it, so we all went along with the charade because of where it would lead. (Jingling all the way, some might say.)
Jacob Elordi faces similar hurdles to passing as a mere mortal.
Of the two men, Schwarzenegger may be the only one whom The Guinness Book of World Records has called “the most perfectly developed human in the history of the world,” but Elordi is so tall and so striking he can’t…
