It is said that all good artists must suffer, but how much is too much? For actor Jaime King, who throws herself into whatever role she takes on, almost found out when she sustained not one but two injuries on the set of the Netflix series “Black Summer.” The show about a zombie apocalypse features King in the role of Rose, a mother searching for her daughter and doing whatever it takes to find her. In an interview with Collider, King said that as a mother, the role “hit [her] in the heart,” but that wasn’t the only area that took a hit.
First, King tore three ligaments in her ankle that required daily rehabilitation exercises to properly heal. Then, during the filming of the finale, King tripped over an extra while performing a very physical scene, knocked herself out, and severely injured her hand. Ever the professional, King fought to go on, but when faced with the choice of staying on set or losing her hand, she knew what she had to do. “It’s one of those things where you realize that you have to choose your body, which is my livelihood, over this thing, in this moment,” she told Collider, adding that she didn’t get to experience a proper goodbye with the cast and crew.
In an Instagram post, King showed off her cast and thanked the people who, quite literally, gave her a hand.
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