Elle Fanning Says Colin Firth ‘Rushed to My Side’ When She Fainted at Cannes in 2019 Because ‘My Dress Was Too Tight’: ‘It Was the Talk of the Festival’

Elle Fanning recently spoke to W Magazine for the publication’s Great Performances issue and remembered her infamous fainting incident at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where the actor was in attendance as a member of the competition jury. Fanning collapsed while seated at the Chopard Trophee dinner and said Colin Firth immediately came to her aid.

“Yes, my dress was too tight,” Fanning said. “My sister was sitting at another table, and she saw my chair just completely fall back. It’s kind of hilarious—very dramatic. Colin Firth was there, and he rushed to my side. It was the talk of the festival. But I’m known to faint. In school, I would faint a lot. I grew, like, seven inches in one year, and I guess my body was growing so much that I got altitude sickness.”

Variety was on the scene in 2019 when Fanning fainted. Festival director…