Jacob Elordi Plays a Young Richard Gere in EmotionalOh, CanadaTrailer (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jacob ElordiandRichard Gereplay the same man in the upcoming movieOh, Canada.

Desperate to be heard, Leonard agrees to do an interview with his former student Malcolm (Michael Imperioli), in which he recalls stories of his younger self (Elordi) while demanding his wife Emma (Uma Thurman) stay at his side.

Richard Gere in ‘Oh, Canada’.Kino Lorber

Kino Lorber

“His successes are held up against his failings and, as the man is cleansed of the myth, Leonard must confront what is left,” the synopsis teases.

In the trailer, shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Malcolm says that his documentary will record Leonard’s life from “his arrival in Canada as a draft refugee through your career as a filmmaker.”

Jacob Elordi and Richard Gere in the ‘Oh, Canada’ poster.Kino Lorber

“He’s mixing things together,” Malcolm points out to Emma and his crew. “Memories, films, fantasies, other people’s stories.”

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Jacob Elordi in ‘Oh, Canada’.Kino Lorber

Parallels between the current Leonard and his younger self are made throughout the trailer, showing Elordi and Gere in identical lighting, poses and locations, as the character struggles through his recollections and inflicts pain and confusion on his loved ones.

“When you have no future, all you have left is your past,” Leonard says in a voiceover at the end of the trailer.

Richard Gere and Uma Thurman in ‘Oh Canada’.Kino Lorber

The intimate movie sees Schrader and Gere reuniting for the first time since the seminal workAmerican Gigoloin 1980, after which the writer-director went on to helm moviesLight SleeperandFirst Reformedwhile Gere found success in the romantic comedy drama withPretty Woman.

Prior toOh, Canada, Schrader adapted Banks’ 1989 novelAfflictioninto a movie starringSissy Spacek, James Coburn andWillem Defoe.

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The new work had its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival in October where Thurmanshared her excitement to workwith the famed director during a panel discussion.

“I mean, Paul Schrader!” Thurman said at the time. “I’m a really big fan of Paul Schrader. So to get to contribute, to lend myself to his piece, and get to see him working was a real, real privilege.”

Oh, Canadais in theaters December 6.

source: people.com