Current:Home > MyElisabeth Moss reveals she broke her back on set, kept filming her new FX show ‘The Veil' -AssetTrainer
Elisabeth Moss reveals she broke her back on set, kept filming her new FX show ‘The Veil'
View
Date:2025-04-17 22:57:56
Elisabeth Moss is showing that making TV can be back-breaking work.
In an interview with Variety published Wednesday, Moss discussed her injury, which she'd incurred while performing a stunt on an Istanbul rooftop for her new FX spy thriller "The Veil."
As her character Imogen, an undercover MI6 agent, fended off an attack above the city's historic Grand Bazaar, Moss "hit a wall the wrong way, let's just say, and ended up lying on the roof for a couple hours." She later learned she'd broken a vertebra in her spine.
The scene, which will be on Episode 2 of the show (premiering April 30 on Hulu), "is actually the second time we shot it, about six weeks later," Moss told Variety.
The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning "Handmaid's Tale" star, 41, kept working through her injury, however.
"We actually shot the next day at the airport — those are the Paris airport scenes you see (in the episode) — and I actually have, like, a broken back," Moss said. "I tried to get them to put a green blanket over me, and just VFX me out. I was like, 'Look, just put the green blanket over me and you can scrub me out in post.'"
Despite her initial worry that the production wouldn't be able to finish filming the injury-causing scene in Istanbul, Moss said she got another chance at completing the scene.
"Well, I didn't know if we were going to be able to come back and shoot on this rooftop in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul," she says. "It's not like that is an easy thing to accomplish. But luckily, we, as a production, and then FX, thank God, let us go back and shoot it again. Which was incredible, an incredible opportunity."
Moss' producing partner, who was on set during the injury, told Variety that Moss "is underselling how hard a lot of the stunt was that she did."
In January, Moss revealed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" that she is pregnant with her first child.
"I've been really lucky. It's been going really well," Moss said.
While Moss remains mum about her personal life, she was previously married to comedian Fred Armisen before the pair divorced in 2011.
veryGood! (8827)
Related
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- Pilot living her dream killed in crash after skydivers jump from plane near Niagara Falls
- Emotional Baseball Hall of Fame speeches filled with humility, humor, appreciation
- Is it possible to live without a car? Why some Americans are going car-free
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- At least 11 dead, dozens missing after a highway bridge in China collapses after heavy storms
- Plane crashes near the site of an air show in Wisconsin, killing the 2 people on board
- Guns n' Roses' Slash Shares His 25-Year-Old Stepdaughter Has Died
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Cleveland-Cliffs will make electrical transformers at shuttered West Virginia tin plant
Ranking
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- Is it possible to live without a car? Why some Americans are going car-free
- Guns n' Roses' Slash Shares His 25-Year-Old Stepdaughter Has Died
- Evacuations lifted for Salt Lake City fire that triggered evacuations near state Capitol
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- Dozens of Maine waterfront businesses get money to rebuild from devastating winter storms
- LSU cornerback Javien Toviano arrested, faces video voyeurism charges
- LeBron James selected as Team USA male flagbearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Recommendation
Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
3 rescued after homeowner's grandson intentionally set fire to Georgia house, officials say
72-year-old man picking berries in Montana kills grizzly bear who attacked him
National bail fund returns to Georgia after judge says limits were arbitrary
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
Officials to release video of officer shooting Black woman in her home after responding to 911 call
Biden’s decision to drop out leaves Democrats across the country relieved and looking toward future
What can you give a dog for pain? Expert explains safe pain meds (not Ibuprofen)