Jacob Elordi’s Cannes Film Festival plans have been shattered by a foot injury.

that cannes film festival The 6-foot-5 movie star came close to joining the competition’s judging panel.

Jacob ElordiHe has been busy with back-to-back projects such as Guillermo del Toro. frankensteinemerald fennells Wuthering Heights Sam Levinson’s New Season euphoriaChairman Park Chan-wook’s position as a judge has been confirmed. But the actor’s broken foot made appointments nearly impossible due to the physical demands of walking up and down the Palais stairs and back and forth to screenings and jury appointments.

Here’s the news on Elordi’s foot injury: page 6. The Hollywood Reporter A source confirmed the injury. The actor’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.

But this is not his first physical challenge. during The Hollywood Reporter’s round table actorElordi confirmed that a back injury put a halt to his rugby career and began his transition into acting. Then, while filming Wuthering Heights, he was hospitalized with second-degree burns resulting from a shower accident.

“The whole story will be told when I frankenstein“I had so much makeup on my fingers and feet that I couldn’t wash it off all the time, so I left it on for the whole shoot,” he said. esquire. “Like Heathcliff ( Wuthering Heights), covered in scabies and dirt, ‘I’ll never do that again.’ I thought, ‘I should wash my feet properly every night and come to work refreshed the next day.’ So I went to wash my feet and I leaned back and my back was pressed against the steam handle and I woke up and screamed. It tore up my back. “I went to work on Monday and got second-degree burns.”

ace previously announcedThe Korean film director will chair the jury alongside Demi Moore, who was boosted by Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes debut. substance; Ruth Nega loving It was first introduced at the 2016 competition. French star and Cannes regular Isaach De Bankolé; Stellan Skarsgård returns to the Croisette following Joachim Trier’s win last year sentimental value; hamnet Film director Chloé Zhao, who made her feature debut in 2015, Songs my brothers taught meScreened during Cannes Directors’ Fortnight; Chilean film director Diego Céspedes’ debut film. Flamingo’s mysterious gaze It won the Un Certain Regard award last year. Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel won the Un Certain Regard award. playground; and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, long-time collaborator of Ken Loach, who has written two Palme d’Or winners.The wind that shakes the barley field and I, Daniel Blake).

The nine-member jury will award the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in competition at a ceremony on May 23. The 79th Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 12th to 23rd.