Helen Mirren takes risks in her acting career.
The 77-year-old actress spoke candidly about her own stunts during filming “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.”
“I did some of my own stunts, but I broke my finger,” Mirren revealed during an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show.”
“I was incredibly brave and didn’t say anything or complain because I wanted to be a real ‘cap’ person.”
Helen Mirren spoke candidly about her own stunts while filming “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.” (Getty Images)
Although she’s not a huge superhero fan, Mirren challenged herself not to use a stuntman for the action movie.
She went on to explain why she wanted to be cast in the “sweet and funny” superhero sequel.
“I loved the first Shazam…I’m not a big superhero type person, but I loved the idea and happily signed up for the second one…It’s awesome,” he said. she admitted to the show.
The actress of “1923” confessed that the premise of the film is quite complex.
“Don’t ask me about the plot, it’s too complicated!”
In “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”, Helen Mirren plays Hespera, the daughter of Atlas who tries to take back the powers of Shazam, played by Zachary Levi. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Turner)
However, Mirren went on to describe her character and the challenges she faced on set.
“We are angry goddesses wearing incredibly heavy costumes. It was very hot and uncomfortable and in fact, Lucy [Liu] said at the end of the first-day shooting, “They’re trying to kill us,” very seriously,” she remarked.
In “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”, Mirren plays Hespera, the daughter of Atlas who tries to take back the powers of Shazam, played by Zachary Levi. The film is set to hit theaters on March 17.
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In a previous appearance on “The Graham Norton Show”, Mirren revealed that she has experience performing stunts in movies.
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“Believe it or not, I drove stunts in ‘The Queen,'” Mirren noted before laughter erupted from the audience when a photo of her depicting Queen Elizabeth II and her corgis was shown. appeared on the screen.
Helen Mirren has revealed she broke her finger while filming ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’. (Getty Images)
“You might think this doesn’t count as stunt work, but I had to make a shot where, my fellow actors will know, the camera was set up in the front of the car, so I couldn’t see anything. … I had to drive quite fast on … paved roads … in Scotland,” Mirren explained.
“I think that characterizes stunt driving,” she laughed.