~The actress performed her own stunts despite of being pregnant with her first child~
Anne Hathaway startled everyone on the on the set of her new monster movie Colossal after falling on her stomach while pregnant. Despite being pregnant with her now a year-old child Jonathon, the actress didn't let that prevent her doing stunts while filming. She was so committed to her role that she refused to rest during minor stunt scenes, which put writer/director Nacho Vigalondo and her co-star Jason Sudeikis on high alert.
The actress says, "There's some fight scenes in the movie - some falls and there's one fall in the movie where I actually did trip, and it was just kind of that thing where I fell on my stomach. The reaction in the movie is genuine, and the crew, everybody around me, everyone freaked out for a second.”
They had reason to be sensitive about her condition when one shoot didn't quite go to plan - and Anne tripped, stumbled and fell face first. Commenting on the same Anne explains, "We had to just respect certain limitations about, like... 'I know you want me to hit the bed this hard, but I can't - you're going to have to add a sound effect'."
However, Anne's baby was just fine and she admits filming while pregnant was not a big deal and didn't affect her performance much at all. It only required a few small adjustments behind the scenes.
Only an actor of Anne’s caliber could carry this role with such élan and ease.
Gear up for this interesting sci-fi comedy to the theaters near you this April 7, 2017!