Sometimes being in a movie means playing a fad game with your director and a rich stranger
, attracting everyone from “people who are bad at tennis” to “people who are too good at badminton,” and Sofia Coppolathat she was almost forced to cash in on that trend in order to make some extra money for her new film. Coppola explained that the movie’s budget was so “strained” during production that she actually thought about raffling off a pickleball game with star Jacob Elordi—who plays Elvis in her movie, opposite Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla herself.
Coppola said that “he can play pickleball,” which presumably means that he has functioning internal organs , but she strongly implies that this was all her idea and that he was only tolerating it at the most.“He was a good sport,” she said of the idea she had about raffling off a game with him, adding, “he indulged me, even though he’s not an enthusiast.
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