Why Helen Mirren Hid Her On-Set Injury on 'Shazam: Fury of the Gods' (Exclusive)
etonline.comHelen Mirren plays an otherworldly goddess in, but on the set of the upcoming sequel, she was only human!The actress revealed in a recent interview that she actually broke a finger during the filming of the sequel, in which Mirren, Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler join the cast as a trio of supernatural sisters.
When the co-stars sat down to discuss the film with ET's Ash Crossan, Mirren shared why she kept the injury a secret from the cast and crew.«When you're in that stunt world, the stunt people are so brave, and you want to be accepted by them,» the Oscar winner confessed. «I'm sucking up to the stunt people.»«They're the popular kids,» Zegler added with a laugh.«They were the cool kids, exactly,» Mirren agreed. «I wanted to be accepted by them so I was not going to complain about my finger.»Thankfully, the 77-year-old actress promised that she doesn't have any extreme stunts coming up in her next franchise installment, teasing that in the film, «I just stand looking at Rome… but the driving was great.»The film's titular star, Zachary Levi, also opened up about Mirren hiding her on-set mishap.«I had no idea, but she's such a trouper,» the actor said. «She was so there and present and rolling up her sleeves, like, 'How can we go have fun?
How can we do this?' She's everything. Such an icon.» For Zegler, stepping onto the set of the massive comic adaptation came with a bit of whiplash, as was just her second film.
It helps, however, that her first was Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated remake of «It was amazing,» the actress raved of the experience. «I kept telling my family -- no pun intended — that lightning struck twice for me.
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