"Of course, Elordi might not have expected that to pan out, but that night, he did, in fact, get hurt while taking a steam shower at his house for the shoot. 'I went to clean my feet, and I leant back, and my back seared into the steam knob, and I stood up screaming; it tore up my back,' he said. 'When I went to work on Monday, I had a second-degree burn."
"Fennell recalled the incident from the first week of filming, saying that producer Josey McNamara texted her that Elordi was in the hospital. 'Obviously, I thought, 'Oh my god, he's had a car accident,' Fennell said. 'And then he was like, 'He's burnt his back in the shower.' I was like, 'You know what, Josey? Start with that.' The filmmaker joked that Elordi felt the spirit of Day-Lewis - the three-time Oscar winner known for his immersive approach to acting - in that moment."
Jacob Elordi injured his back on a steam shower knob while preparing to portray Heathcliff for Wuthering Heights, sustaining a second-degree burn. Makeup artist Siân Miller challenged him to arrive with scars reminiscent of Daniel Day-Lewis, prompting Elordi to attempt self-inflicted marks. The burn happened when he leaned back and his back seared into the steam knob, causing intense pain and a hospital visit during the film's first week. Producer Josey McNamara alerted Emerald Fennell that Elordi was hospitalized, and the incident was framed as a literal, extreme embodiment of method acting.
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