Halle Berry decided to hide this injury so as not to put production at risk.
Halle Berry, who has had to get fitter than ever for her new film, Bruised. In it, the actress plays a frustrated MMA fighter who has to face one of her biggest rivals while she takes care of her 6-year-old son. And, although this sport has been a discovery for Halle, the enormous physical demands that it entails caused the actress to break two ribs... And she didn't say anything!
Halle Berry's scare on the filming set
In a recent interview with Graham Norton on her famous show, the actress made a confession that left her fans speechless. During the filming of a fight scene, she broke 2 ribs and went three days without saying anything because she, in her own words, "compromised the production." "I held on and I think the fighter who was born from my training took control. When a fighter is injured in combat she has no option to stop, she has to keep fighting, so I decided not to tell it and when we finished filming I told her. to everyone, and I went to the hospital," he explained to the presenter.
And, in addition to starring in the film, Halle is in charge of directing it. A new step in her professional career that will surely not stop here: "The directing bug has bitten me and there are a lot of stories that I would love to tell," confessed the actress, who is in a great professional and personal moment. and physical.
But this is not the first time that the protagonist of Catwoman suffers an accident of this nature. In 2019, when she filmed a fight scene alongside Keanu Reeves for the movie John Wick: Chapter 3, Halle broke 3 ribs. Although on that occasion she did express it immediately and took her corresponding days of rest. Precisely, it was the director of the film, Chad Stahelski, who taught the actress one of the directing tricks that has worked best for her: "if the actors are really doing it (fighting, for example), you can place the camera where because you don't have to hide the doubles. That's why Halle wanted to prepare and train really hard for the shoot. Specifically, for two and a half years.
The benefits of practicing MMA
In addition to improving her physical endurance and cardiovascular capacity, practicing this sport has allowed the actress to tone her entire body and more especially her abdomen, back and arms. It also improves balance, coordination and agility, in turn contributing to the burning of energy and, therefore, losing weight more quickly. Thus, although Halle had already practiced boxing, this new discipline has been her new great discovery and the reason why she has managed to define her abs much more.
