Jacob Elordi shared heated words with a 2025 Venice Film Festival official.
Filmed by an onlooker who shared footage of the moment via TikTok on Sunday, August 31, Elordi, 28, was greeting fans at the world premiere of his upcoming film Frankenstein one day prior when the exchange took place.
The video begins with the Saltburn star speaking directly and closely to a man described by the social media poster as a “bodyguard” before Elordi was seen moving closer to the fans to interact with them.
“I’m going to take a picture right here,” he then told the festival staff member. He was then seen posing for a photo with several of the fans before addressing the official once again.
“Don’t ever tell me what to do,” the video captured Elordi telling the man.
Us Weekly has reached out to a representative for Elordi for comment.
The user who posted the clip didn’t let Elordi’s tense interaction ruin their meet-and-greet, captioning the video, “And he was so nice, took photo[s] with everyone he can, he is so sexy and nice.”
An article published by People on Sunday, August 31, reported that the actor was “moved to tears” during the Venice Film Festival screening of Frankenstein, which received a standing ovation that lasted 13 minutes, per a report published by Variety earlier that day.
In the modern interpretation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Elordi portrays the notorious scientist’s monster, opposite Oscar Isaac, who plays Victor Frankenstein. Per Variety’s reporting, the standing ovation served as “the longest of the festival so far.”
This is not the first time Elordi has publicly clashed with an official while undertaking promotional duties. In February 2024, Elordi was investigated in Australia after a radio producer claimed the actor pushed him and put his hands on the producer’s throat.
The producer shared his version of events on The Kyle & Jackie O radio program on February 5, 2024, detailing that he was in a Sydney hotel two days prior when he approached the actor with a camera to ask if he could have some bathwater, referencing Elordi’s controversial Saltburn scene.
The intended prank allegedly hit a nerve with Elordi, who asked the producer to stop filming, which is when the altercation allegedly became heated.
The producer said on the radio show, “[I said] I refused to [fully delete the footage immediately] because I feel uncomfortable right now and this is the only evidence [of the encounter] and then Jacob kind of just flips his hands and pushes me against the wall and his hands are on my throat.”
New South Wales police told Variety at the time that they had conducted investigations into the incident. “Officers attached to Eastern Beaches Police Area Command are investigating after a man was allegedly assaulted outside a hotel in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Police were told about 3.30pm on Saturday 3 February 2024, a 32-year-old man was allegedly assaulted by a 26-year-old man. The man did not sustain any injuries,” a statement shared with the outlet read.
Elordi did not publicly comment on the ordeal.
