Melissa McCarthy ran into a spot of bother on the set of her latest movie ‘Spy’ when the actress suffered a back injury while filming on set.
“I slipped on wet marble and I went down,” Melissa told E! Online at the world premiere of the film at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, currently underway in Texas.
Melissa, 44, might be known as the funny lady in Hollywood, but it seems this injury was no laughing matter as she could barely walk and almost set the back production.
“I threw my back out so badly, we spent the whole week trying to get me walking again,” Melissa said. “It was intense and it was kind of at the beginning of the movie. It was a little dicey.”
Melissa McCarthy on her costume from Adam Levine’s Halloween
Director Paul Feig emphasised just how bad her fall was. Not mincing words the director of the spy-comedy-thriller said when he saw her go down, the first thing he thought was, “We’re f–cked!”
Clearly Melissa is not one to be underestimated though as the resilient star not only recovered but also did the majority of her stunts in the action-packed comedy. By the looks of the trailer – that was no mean feat either!
Just one of the more hilarious of Melissa’s action stunts from the movie.
“She’s such a strong person,” director Paul said, praising Melissa and adding that she did about “90 percent” of her own stunts.
“She’s an athletic person and the things I was asking her to do, I knew she could pull off. The minute she put her leg up in the door in Bridesmaids, it was like, ‘OK, I’m not worried about Melissa anymore.'”
Melissa doing her ‘leg’ move in Bridesmaids.
Melissa also showed off her shrinking waistline at the SXSW premiere of the movie, after also recently stepping out recently to the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special looking noticeably slimmer.
Melissa stars in Spy as a bored desk-bound CIA analyst who, wanting to see some action, volunteers for a spy mission alongside co-stars Jude Law, Alison Janney and Jason Statham. Aussie actress Rose Byrne also co-stars together with her partner in romance, Bobby Cannavale and her fellow stars were all alongside her at the premiere.
Melissa with Spy director Paul Feig and co-stars Jason Statham, Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale on the red carpet at the SXSW premiere of the film.
“I have to say, I didn’t know how hard it would be, but yet, I weirdly loved it,” Melissa said of the movie’s action scenes.
“I tried to do everything. I had an amazing stunt woman who could do things better but I was like [my character] is not supposed to be bionic.”
Paul Feig, who also directed Melissa in Bridesmaids along with Kristen Wiig will team up with the two funny ladies again, as well as Saturday Night Live jokers Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones for the new all-female Ghostbusters remake.
“I’m pretty excited,” McCarthy said. “Kristen and I got together recently and I was like, ‘This is going to be so much fun.'”
We can’t wait to see both movies! The new Ghostbusters movie is due to start filming later this year, while Spy is set to be released on 5th June – checkout the trailer below.
