Russell Crowe is opening up about an accident on the set of 201’s Robin Hood that left his legs fractured.
In an interview selling Land of Dangerous, Crowe recalled the incident, telling Individuals, “I jumped off a fortress portcullis onto rock-hard uneven floor. We must always have prepped the bottom and buried a pad, however we had been in a rush to get the shot achieved within the fading mild.”
“With a whole lot of extras round, arrows flying and burn pots setting the fortress on hearth, there was no pulling out,” he continued. “As I jumped, I keep in mind considering, ‘That is going to harm.’”
Crowe seemingly landed on his heels first on the uneven floor, feeling “like an electrical shock bursting up by way of my physique.”
“We had been capturing an enormous film, so that you simply battle by way of, however the final month of that job was very difficult. There was numerous weeks the place even strolling was a problem,” he added, noting that he “by no means mentioned the harm with manufacturing” and “by no means took a break day due to it, I simply saved going to work.”
Ten years after the incident, Crowe began having pains, and after going to the physician and getting X-rays, the doctor requested when he had damaged his legs after recognizing “remnants of fractures in each shin bones.”
“Apparently, I completed that film with two damaged legs,” he mentioned. “All for artwork. No forged, no splints, no painkillers, simply saved going to work, and over time, they healed themselves.”
After wrapping up filming Robin Hood, Crowe took time without work and didn’t return to movie till 2013’s Man of Metal, with the actor noting that “Between the time without work and that coaching [for Man of Steel], issues fastened themselves.”
