Jeremy Renner hated filming the Oscar-winning movie The Hurt Locker in Jordan - he smashed his nose in a bizarre accident and fell ill as a result of the searing heat.
Renner, who plays Sergeant William James in the war movie, suffered a series of mishaps onset that left him limping with a twisted ankle, delaying the shoot for a week.
And he has vowed never to film scenes in a desert again - even if he is offered a fortune to star in a sequel to the movie, which scooped six Academy Awards on Sunday (07Mar10).
Renner tells Britain's The Times newspaper, "It averaged about 120F (49 degrees Celsius). So, yeah, that was hot.
"I got food bugs. Then I got food poisoning: lost 15lb (6.8 kilograms) in three days. That was terrible.
"Then I fell downstairs... I couldn't see the stairs when I was walking down them and I just fell and cracked open my nose, bruised it up - it bled a bit - and twisted my ankle, which stopped us from filming 'cos I couldn't walk...
"Will I go out and and shoot in the desert again for Hurt Locker II? Go f**k yourself. You couldn't pay me enough money. Even if I wanted to, I just couldn't - literally couldn't - do it."
Despite the actor's struggles during the shoot it all paid off as he bagged himself a Best Actor Oscar for his central performance.
Sunday night belonged to the Iraq war drama as it picked up six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow.
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