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Anyone who has watched “Saltburn” probably remembers the scene, and some who have not seen the dark coming-of-age thriller about two Oxford students may remember it, too: The part when middle-class Oliver (Barry Keoghan), while visiting the country estate of his wealthy friend Felix (Jacob Elordi), surreptitiously watches him take a bath and then slurps up the leftover water as it streams down the drain.
After the film’s release in late 2023, the scene spread widely online — and became the inspiration for candles, cocktails, and bath bombs, and thousands of discussion threads.
The bathtub featured in it? It’s now on display in Massillon, Ohio, at the home of Kyle Harvey, 36, who bought the tub for $4,375 in an online auction last September.
The fiberglass bathtub is in a room adjoining Mr. Harvey’s at-home movie theater. Other “Saltburn” memorabilia he bought in the auction are also on display there, including a framed photo of Mr. Elordi and Mr. Keoghan and ensembles that the actors wore in the film, which earned awards for both its costume and production design.
The bathtub came complete with stains around its drain — Suzie Davies, the “Saltburn” production designer, has said they were made using edible paint — as well as with a large rectangle cut out of it. That section was removed after Mr. Elordi was filmed bathing in the tub, so that cameras could capture Mr. Keoghan from the vantage point of being inside it.
When people ask Mr. Harvey what he does with the bathtub, his answer is simple: “I just look at it,” he said. “I’m looking at it right now. Barry Keoghan was right there, it’s so crazy to me.”
Mr. Harvey’s “Saltburn” pieces are part of a larger collection he has amassed of props and costumes from movies and television shows. He estimated that he had acquired about 200 pieces, and that he had paid about $70,000 for all of them.
