Russell Crowe revealed in a recent interview that he fractured both his legs while filming “Robin Hood” in 2010 by performing a stunt without proper padding.
He landed heels first on uneven ground, causing significant discomfort.
“As I jumped, I remember thinking, ‘This is going to hurt,’” Crowe recalled.
Despite the injury, he continued filming without taking a break.
“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,” he said, noting that he “never discussed the injury with production” and “never took a day off because of it.”
A decade later, he discovered the fractures when experiencing strange pains in his legs and visiting a doctor.
“I thought it was nothing serious,” he said of the pain. “After working through a long New York winter, my body was just missing exercise and sunshine.”
The physician identified remnants of fractures in both shin bones, leading Crowe to realize he had finished the movie with two broken legs.
“Apparently I finished that movie with two broken legs,” he said. “All for art. No cast, no splints, no painkillers, just kept going to work and over time they healed themselves.”
He took a break from acting until his return in “Man of Steel” in 2013, during which time his legs healed through rest and training.
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