Jacob Elordi finally reveals bizarre injury that forced him out of Cannes

Jacob Elordi has finally revealed the injury that stopped him from being a Cannes Film Festival juror – but how he did it remains a closely guarded secret.

“I broke both my heels earlier this year … I jumped off something,” Elordi, 29, told Jimmy Kimmel Live guest host and his Euphoria co-star, Colman Domingo.

But he wouldn’t say what it was he jumped off.

“But it’s like Fight Club,” Elordi said, referring to the movie’s famous line, “You do not talk about fight club.”

The injury came at the same time his Euphoria character, Nate Jacobs, was brutally beaten, which included having a toe and finger cut off, over money owed to a loan shark.

It led to some funny accusations from fans.

“I was in a cast and a moon boot the same time that Nate was getting his digits cut off,” he explained.

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“So everyone thought it was hilarious to be like, ‘Oh, method acting!’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I cut my f---ing toe off,’” Elordi joked.

In reality, the injury forced Elordi to drop out of the major career honour of being an official jury member for Cannes in May.

He had been rumoured to join Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga and Isaach De Bankolé, as well as directors Chloé Zhao and Laura Wandel, filmmaker Diego Céspedes and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty on the jury, presided over by South Korean director Park Chan-wook.

During the talk show appearance, Elordi and Domingo also discussed how Euphoria had changed their lives.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever fathom the sort of size of the show and what it did for me,” Elordi said.

He was promoting his role in Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars, while Domingo recently starred in Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day.

“I mean, we’re in movies now. Like, you’re leading Spielberg movies and I’m working with Ridley Scott. It’s crazy,” he marvelled.