Jacob Elordi has arrived but has some thoughts about the films that got him here.

The 26-year-old is sure to bridge the gap this year from heartthrob to leading man with critically acclaimed films. He is still known to many for his breakout role in Netflix s The Kissing Booth franchise, however, and never wants to accept material like that again.

I didnt want to make those movies before I made those movies, Elordi told GQ in a Men of the Year cover story interview published Monday . Those movies are ridiculous. Theyre not universal. Theyre an escape.

This isnt the first time hes come up against the franchise . Last year, he revealed he went to war with the streaming giant over allowing his character to smoke cigarettes in order to stay true to the source material.

Elordi was a struggling Australian actor when Netflix offered him the part of a smoldering high school athlete. While its success saw him sign on for two sequels, the actor was desperate to shatter his twee image with Euphoria arriving as a godsend in 2019.

How is caring about your output pretentious? Elordi told GQ of his critics. But not caring, and knowingly feeding people shit, knowing that youre making money off of peoples time, which is literally the most valuable thing that they have. How is that the cool thing?

Now starring as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppolas Priscilla, Elordi is choosing his projects more carefully.

He seems to be taking a page out of Leonardo DiCaprio s book, who fought hard to shed his Titanic stardom with weighty, dramatic roles himself.