Kate Beckinsale is suing the producers of Canary Black for imposing “unsafe circumstances” on her throughout her work on the 2024 motion thriller.
The Guardian newspaper experiences that the British actress – finest identified for her function in 2001 epic Pearl Harbor – has filed a go well with, claming she was made to work 15-hour days with out help, and suffered a nasty knee damage because of being thrown right into a wall in the course of the filming of a scene.
The go well with – initially filed anonymously in June 2024 however now refiled underneath her title – claims Beckinsale suffered “extreme and debilitating accidents” because of “unsafe circumstances.”
The doc filed on behalf of the actress additionally claims:
- She suffered a meniscus tear in her left knee after being thrown right into a wall
- She was “coerced” into performing “unsafe motion sequences” after returning to work
- Beckinsale’s stunt performer broke her ankle and “reasonably than change her with a professional stunt [performer]”, the producers “employed an unqualified stunt lady who was merely the girlfriend of the stunt coordinator.”
- Exercise gear requested by Beckinsale was not offered for her to remain in ample bodily form for the function
The Guardian has contacted Zois and the movie’s gross sales representatives Anton for remark.
Canary Black, which starred Beckinsale as a CIA agent blackmailed into endeavor missions in alternate for her kidnapped husband’s life, was launched in October 2024. It additionally starred Rupert Good friend, Saffron Burrows and Ray Stevenson.
Previous to Pearl Harbor, Beckinsale – who’s the daughter of late UK TV comedy star Richard Beckinsale however has lengthy made her dwelling in Hollywood – made her large display breakthrough in Kenneth Branagh’s A lot Ado About Nothing (1993). She has since been seen in Whole Recall (2012), Van Helsing (2004) and the Underworld collection (2003-2016).
