Actress Halle Berry has detailed all the fractures she has sustained while doing action roles
Halle Berry is willing to push her body to the limits for her craft.
The actress sat down with The Union costar Mark Wahlberg for an interview surrounding their new Netflix film, where they listed off the physical ailments they’ve endured on the sets of action movies.
Berry, 57, began by sharing that for work over the years, she learned Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, kickboxing, taekwondo and how to shoot, as well as capoeira specifically for 2004’s Catwoman.
After Wahlberg, 53, lamented having to learn to crochet and to dance ballet and the tango (the latter of which he dubbed «the worst»), Berry added, «I’ve been knocked out three times.»
The Academy Award winner went on to recall that she has broken an arm, five ribs (two while filming her 2021 directorial debut Bruised and three on 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3), her tailbone, two toes and one of her middle fingers.
For his part, Wahlberg said he has suffered a torn meniscus and a separated shoulder, joking that he has also had his «ego bruised quite a few times.»
Additionally, Berry said that she trained to hold her breath for nearly two and a half minutes for her 2012 film Dark Tide, which «felt like an eternity.»
As for her time as Storm in the X-Men films, being suspended in the air for the superhero role also presented its own set of challenges.
«It felt like the guy had gone to lunch. That’s how long I was up there,» Berry said. «I was like, ‘Hello? Hello, anybody?’ «
