15-05-2025
Iconic Aussie pub transformed for new Jacob Elordi miniseries
An iconic Australian country pub in a tiny town in NSW got a taste of Hollywood when it became a film set for Jacob Elordi 's new hit show The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Situated in the Southern Tablelands, 322km from Sydney, the Captains Flat Hotel features in the hard-hitting Amazon Prime Video miniseries.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North tracks an army surgeon's torment over his past while he struggles in a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war camp during World War II.
According to WIN Canberra, the beautifully maintained heritage pub was selected by the show's creators for 'historical authenticity'.
Producers slipped into Captains Flat, which as a population of 491, in late 2023 for filming and many locals joined the cast as extras.
WIN also shared a selfie of Hollywood star Jacob, 27, dressed as his character in the show - a Major in the Australian Army.
Other photos shared by WIN include one of the cast members dressed in 1940s costumes enjoying a meal between filming scenes.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North received critical acclaim after it dropped on Amazon Prime Video on April 18.
Jacob, who rose to fame in the drama Euphoria and the controversial film Saltburn, plays Dorrigo Evans, a prisoner of war in a Japanese prison camp during WWII.
The story, based on the novel by Richard Flanagan, spans decades and also deals with a love affair between Elordi's character and his uncle's wife, played by Australian actress Odessa Young.
Famed Irish actor Ciarán Hinds plays Dorrigo as an older man in the series.
Elordi has also been busy filming a movie adaptation of Wuthering Heights with fellow Australian Margot Robbie, 34.
In preparation for his role as Heathcliff, the actor revealed unruly locks and very long and bushy sideburns as he posed on the red carpet at the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin in February.
Filming for Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights has been ramping up lately, with Margot seen donning a dramatic wedding gown while strolling across the misty Yorkshire Moors.
Filming began in January and it is slated for a release date of February 2026.
Margot and Jacob are familiar with each other after recently starring in a short film See You at 5, directed by Call Me by Your Name's Luca Guadagnino, for a Chanel No. 5 campaign.
The Aussie star recently gushed about Jacob in an interview with Harper's Bazaar, saying: 'He's wonderful. And as you said, I worked with him on Saltburn in a producer-actor capacity.
'So I haven't shared the screen with him before, but I know I've seen him on set, I've been around him on set, and he's just—he's got an incredible presence.
'He's a movie star—he's got that charisma. He holds a frame. He's also really lovely and from the same state that I'm from in Australia. We're about an hour away from each other, but he's from Brisbane, and I'm from the Gold Coast.
'Even though the whole point of our film is that we cross paths and miss each other, it still felt like we did the campaign together.'
Wuthering Heights fans were puzzled by the casting choice when the duo were announced for the new adaptation.
They noted that Catherine, who is no older than 19 in the novel, is being played by 34-year-old Margot.
