Overview
- Elordi says he suffered a second-degree burn after leaning onto a brass steam knob while cleaning his feet in a steam shower during production.
- He recounted going to the hospital and returning to set with the injury, which he described in a new Esquire UK conversation with Fennell.
- Fennell confirms she was notified during the first week of filming and initially feared a car accident before learning it was a shower burn.
- Elordi jokes he had quipped about “going Method” after a make-up artist referenced Daniel Day‑Lewis, a story later reported by Variety and Entertainment Weekly.
- Warner Bros. is releasing Fennell’s Wuthering Heights on Feb. 13, as debate over Elordi’s casting continues and Margot Robbie publicly backs his performance.