Russell Crowe recalls finishing 'Robin Hood' with 'broken legs,' discovered a decade later
Russell Crowe is currently starring in film, 'Land of Bad' released on February 16, 2024
Russell Crowe recalled his 2010 injury on the sets of Robin Hood, which he initially thought was ‘nothing serious.’
In an interview with PEOPLE, the Man Of Steel actor revealed he had to jump onto ‘rock-hard uneven ground’ for a shot that needed to be done before dawn.
He recalled, “I jumped off a castle portcullis onto rock-hard uneven ground. We should have prepped the ground and buried a pad but we were in a rush to get the shot done in the fading light.”
“With hundreds of extras around, arrows flying and burn pots setting the castle on fire, there was no pulling out, as I jumped, I remember thinking, 'This is going to hurt,'” he said.
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The Thor: Love and Thunder actor did not discuss it with the team but instead, ‘just kept going to work’
Crowe explained, “we were shooting a big movie, so you just struggle through, but the last month of that job was very tricky. There was a number of weeks where even walking was a challenge.”
However, after 10 years of the incident the 59-years-old actor faced severe pain in his lower legs.
Upon undergoing an MRI, the doctor saw ‘the remnants of fractures in both shin bones ‘ and asked him, “when did you break your legs?”
He shared, “Apparently I finished that movie with two broken legs, all for art. No cast, no splints, no painkillers, just kept going to work and over time they healed themselves.”
Russell Crowe is currently starring in film, Land of Bad, released on February 16, 2024.
