Ruby Rose says she went public about sustaining
serious injuries while performing stunts on her
new CW series “Batwoman” because she hated
that by keeping it quiet, she was lying.
The actress recently posted a video of herself
undergoing surgery to her Instagram account
with a caption explaining she suffered two
herniated discs while performing stunt work.
Her spinal cord was in jeopardy of being
severed, and she was in so much pain that she
says she couldn’t feel her arms.
Rose said she realized it was better to be
authentic about what happened, especially
since she’s a public figure.
“Something that we do as a society and
especially Hollywood, and that is we kind of
promote this ideal life,” she said, “Everything is
effortless and it’s not, you know what I mean?
I feel like it’s more important to spread the
message that, actually, we’re all just human
beings and we’re all just doing our best and not
kind of make out that it is something that is so
unattainable and so unrealistic.”
Rose, who has experience with stunt work
in films including “John Wick: Chapter 2” and
“The Meg” now feels better and is back to
doing stunts, but says the incident was a good
reminder that she needed to slow down.
The 33-year-old’s casting in “Batwoman” first
made headlines because it’s the first openly gay
superhero to headline a TV series.
Fans hoping for some romance will have to be
patient. Rose, who is openly gay herself, says
her character, Kate Kane, is not looking for a
relationship right now.
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