The Cannes Film Festival jury hasn’t been officially announced, but we hear that “Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi is already out of the running.
A Hollywood insider tells Page Six Hollywood that Elordi, 28, broke his foot recently, “so they’re trying to replace him as a judge at Cannes.”
Jacob Elordi attends a “Frankenstein” BAFTA Q&A at the Royal Academy of Arts on February 3, in London. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Netflix
South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook — whose films “Old Boy,” “Thirst” and “Decision to Leave” have previously played the fest — is the Cannes jury head this year.
But the rest of the jury for the festival, May 12 to 23, has yet to be revealed. There have only been rumors so far that Elordi, as well as Demi Moore, could be on the jury — and that Julianne Moore will receive Kering’s annual Women in Motion Award.
Reps for Elordi did not get back to multiple requests for comment since Friday.
As far as the allegedly injured foot goes, anyone who’s been to Cannes knows that there’s a lot of schlepping around — even if you’re being chauffeured from the Hotel du Cap to the Palais for premieres and photocalls and parties along La Croisette. Being hobbled would put a damper on things.
Jacob Elordi attends the 2022 Met Gala in a black suit. Getty Images
The Cannes jury is traditionally made up of a mix of international directors, writers and actors — often with one younger up-and-coming star thrown in the mix with a more established Hollywood name. Once rising stars on the jury in years past have included Elle Fanning, Lily Gladstone, Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Chastain and Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal mixed in with more established talent like Will Smith, Halle Berry, Willem Dafoe and Nicole Kidman.
Elordi was nominated for an Oscar this year for “Frankenstein” and also starred in “Wuthering Heights” with Margot Robbie. He’s made more headlines lately for allegedly dating Kendall Jenner (who would have been a notable potential plus-one on the Cannes red carpet).
The actor has a history of being accident prone. Elordi told Esquire that while starring in “Wuthering Heights” he took a shower to wash off “mange and dirt” from a day of shooting and ended up in the hospital. In a steam shower, “I leant back and my back seared into the steam knob and I stood up screaming; it tore up my back. When I went to work on Monday I had a second-degree burn,” he said.
Men’s Health reported in 2021 that Elordi had been a high school rugby player until, “He’d broken a bone in his back. He had to lie on the floor during school for a year and still feels the injury every day.””