French star Léa Seydoux has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Seydoux has been fully vaccinated but she tested positive while working on a film, her publicist Christine Tripicchio confirmed Saturday. She is asymptomatic and isolating at home in Paris, hoping that negative tests on consecutive days which could allow her to still attend the Cannes Film Festival. She was originally due to arrive at the festival on Friday, but did not travel.
It is uncertain if the actor, whose four films are up for a premiere at the prestigious film gala like The French Dispatch, Deception, France, and The Story of My Wife, will attend the festival. As of now, Seydoux is resting and will only travel if given a clean bill of health, respecting the COVID-19 protocols put in place by the festival and the French government, her rep said. The French Dispatch is due to premiere at Cannes on Monday night, followed by Deception on Tuesday, with The Story of My Wife on Wednesday, and France on Thursday. Cannes Film Festival, which began on July 6, will run through July 17.