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When Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe went to the doctor for an examination, he found out that 10 years earlier, he had broken both his legs.
During the filming of Robin Hood (2010), Russell performed a stunt where he had to jump off of a castle onto rock-hard, uneven ground. In a new interview with People, he said, “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.”
When he landed, he said he felt pain that resembled “an electric shock bursting up through my body.” Despite that, Russell “never discussed the injury with production,” and “never took a day off because of it,” because he didn’t think it was a big deal, even though he was having trouble walking.
In 2020, when Russell started experiencing “very strange pains” in his lower legs, his doctor found remnants of fractures in both of his shins after doing X-rays and an MRI. The doctor asked Russell when he had broken his legs, but Russell was puzzled. “To jog my memory he said, ‘Would have been maybe 10 years ago?’” That’s when Russell realized that he had broken his bones during the stunt. “Apparently I finished that movie with two broken legs.”
He took time off after Robin Hood, during which time his legs healed. Russell recently celebrated with a fresh look, which he posted on X. He shaved his beard off for the first time since 2019 for some upcoming film roles. He can currently be seen on the big screen in Land of Bad. ~Mackenzie Heidrick
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