Kate Beckinsale is suing the producers of Canary Black, the 2024 action thriller through which she starred, over claims she suffered “severe and debilitating injuries” because of this of “unsafe conditions”.
In news first reported by Puck, Beckinsale’s authorized grievance was filed anonymously in June 2024, however has now been refiled below her full identify Kathrin Beckinsale.
The doc claims that Beckinsale was routinely compelled to work 15-hour days in the course of the movie’s shoot, which started in September 2022 in Croatia. Added to this, Beckinsale alleges that the exercise gear and bodily trainers she had requested to “stay in top shape for the physical demands of the role” weren’t offered, and he or she subsequently suffered “a complex meniscus tear in her left knee” because of this of a scene through which she was thrown right into a wall, which was aggravated when she was “coerced” into performing “unsafe action sequences” after she returned to work.
The doc provides that Beckinsale’s stunt performer broke her ankle and “rather than replace her with a competent and qualified stunt [performer]”, the producers “hired an unqualified stunt woman who was simply the girlfriend of the stunt coordinator”.
The authorized grievance additionally contains communications between Beckinale’s agent Shani Rosenzweig and the movie’s producers, with Rosenzweig criticising the dearth of preparation and coaching for the movie’s motion sequences. Rosenzweig wrote: “No one is actually taking real action to put a plan in place to fix this situation …” Before demanding to know: “How you are … making sure your lead actress works 12 hour days and has time to prep for work on her own when she leaves the set while getting the rest her body so desperately needs. If you’re trying to kill a person, you’re doing a great job.” A message in response from John Zois, one of the movie’s producers, reads: “I don’t know what else to say other than you’re right … The days are too packed for the pace we are moving and it’s CLEARLY not sustainable.”
The Guardian has contacted Zois and the movie’s gross sales representatives Anton for remark.
