Anne Hathaway's On Set Injury.

10-06-2008 06:33

Anne Hathaway's On Set Injury....

Actress Anne Hathaway sustained a gruesome injury while filming her new movie Get Smart - cutting her shins to the bone.The Devil Wears Prada star was performing a stunt on the spy-themed action film, when she hit her legs on a metal bar - and the wounds were so deep her shin bones were exposed.But Hathaway refused to let the injury slow her down and insisted on finishing the scene - but she was overruled by movie bosses who forced her to cut filming short and seek medical attention.

She says, "We were doing a scene where I had to kick a Russian spy in the chest. And as I lifted my knees up to my chest to kick, I hit a bar that shouldn't have been there."My shin split open and I had to have 15 stitches, I tried not to wimp out but I could see my shinbones. So I turned to the director and said, 'If I could have Extra Strength Tylenol (pain killer), I could probably do the shot.' "And the script supervisor, my dresser and my make-up artist all said to me, 'You get a plastic surgeon to sew up your legs. And you finish work right now.' I was trying to continue but in that one I was overruled".Meanwhile in related news Anne Hathaway's boyfriend Raffaello Follieri has been caught up in another scandal - the children's charity he runs is currently under investigation by New York's Attorney General for failing to file the correct tax forms.The Italian businessman's non-profit Follieri Foundation - which helps to fund child vaccination programmes in developing countries - is required by U.S.