Toni Collette debuts a mysterious black eye in an Instagram post after flying to Paris to film a new project with the Twilight director.

Toni Collette had cause for concern this weekend after she woke up with a mysterious black eye.

The Australian actress, 51, who recently traveled to Paris before filming her new comedy film A French Pursuit, woke up on Saturday looking unwell after discovering a dark mark around her eye.

Posting to Instagram Stories, the Hereditary star shared a mirror selfie in which she looked tired and confused in a gray hoodie.

‘I’m jet lagged and I woke up with a black eye?’ she wrote beneath the image.

‘How, why, why, why?’ she added, concluding her post with a panda face emoji.

Luckily, the black eye didn’t dampen her spirits, as Toni later shared a photo of herself enjoying dinner at a local restaurant with Twilight filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke and producer Christopher Simon.

Catherine directs A French Pursuit while Christopher serves as producer.

Toni previously worked with Catherine and Christopher on the films Miss You Ya and, most recently, Mafia Mama.

A French Pursuit is described as a ‘reinvention’ of Caroline Vignal’s 2020 French hit My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes).

It’s a whimsical story about a free-spirited woman searching for love who ends up embarking on a journey of self-discovery.

Toni will play the lead role of Zoe Turner, a quirky British art teacher who falls in love with Jean-Louis.

However, the couple’s plans for a romantic getaway are ruined when Jean-Louis has to join his family on a donkey trip through the south of France, leaving Zoe heartbroken.

Thanks to her mother’s support, Zoe decides to embark on a dangerous journey following Jean-Louis on the back of a donkey.