Hollywood star Russell Crowe broke both legs while filming \u2018Robin Hood\u2019 but didn\u2019t realise it until a decade later when he began experiencing mysterious pain in his limbs. The 59-year-old actor recalled experiencing pain when he rushed through filming a scene which required him to jump onto \u201crock-hard\u201d ground without the surface being properly prepared.<\/p>\n
Speaking to People magazine, Crowe, who played the titular role in the 2010 movie, said: \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith 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, \u2018This is going to hurt\u2019.\u201d The actor aimed to land on the balls of his feet to reduce the impact, but his heels hit the ground first, reports femalefirst.co.uk.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt was like an electric shock bursting up through my body. We were shooting a big movie, so you just struggled through it, but the last month of that job was very tricky. There was a number of weeks where even walking was a challenge.\u201d At the time, he \u201cnever discussed the injury with production, never took a day off because of it, I just kept going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
But a decade later, he sought medical help when he began experiencing \u201cvery strange pains\u201d in his lower legs. He said: \u201cI thought it was nothing serious. After working through a long New York winter, my body was just missing exercise and sunshine.\u201d The Oscar-winning star underwent MRI scans and X-rays and was stunned when the doctor looked at the images and asked when he had broken his legs.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cApparently he could see the remnants of fractures in both shin bones. To jog my memory he said, \u2018Would have been maybe 10 years ago?\u201d Crowe then remembered the \u2018Robin Hood\u2019 shoot. He said: \u201cApparently 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.\u201d The \u2018American Gangster\u2019 actor thinks the year off he took between making \u2018Robin Hood\u2019 and \u2018Man of Steel\u2019 helped his recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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