French star Lea Seydoux was forced to pull out of the Cannes film festival after testing positive for Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
"Sadly, I have to self-quarantine in Paris and won't be able to attend this year," she said in a statement.
French star Lea Seydoux was forced to pull out of the Cannes film festival Wednesday after coming down with the virus despite being fully vaccinated. The actress, who is in three films running for the festival's Palme d'Or top prize, had already missed the star-studded premiere of Wes Anderson'sSeydoux plays the prison guard muse and model of a criminally insane artist in Anderson's sparkling piece of whimsy which was adored by the critics.She was taking daily PCR tests in the hope that she would make the screening of one of the four films she is appearing in at the world's biggest movie gathering.
"Sadly, I have to self-quarantine in Paris and won't be able to attend this year," she said in a statement. "I wish I could celebrate the return of cinema to my favourite festival, but it is in everyone's best interest to err on the side of caution and do my part to keep everyone safe and healthy," she told
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