Unsurprisingly, the star got his start in his home country.

“He loved the theater.

He devoured books about films,” Elordi’s dad told the outlet.

Jacob Elordi in London

“The Kissing Booth” helped pave the way for more critically-acclaimed work, like “Euphoria.”

That said, he’s always had plenty of self-confidence, as his father toldThe Daily Mail Australia.

Even so, “[Jacob] always knew what he wanted to be.

Jacob Elordi attends an event in 2022

And he said to me ‘Well why can’t that one be me?

Why can’t I be that one in a million?'”

It’s an inspiring take from an actor who seems to be just getting started in Hollywood.