From playing a super-powered mutant to an MMA fighter, Halle Berry has had her fair share of on-the-job accidents over the years.
The Academy Award winner recently compared battle scars with her The Union co-star Mark Wahlberg as they discussed their dangerous experiences with stunt performances on their many action movies.
“I’ve been knocked out three times, got an arm broken, broke ribs twice — two ribs one time, three ribs another time — broke a tail bone, broke two toes and a finger. This finger,” said Berry in the Netflix clip with a laugh while holding up her middle finger.
One such injury happened on the set of 2003’s Gothika, when Berry broke a bone in her right forearm, delaying the shoot by several weeks. Three of her broken ribs came from John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum (2019) and the other two came from her 2020 MMA drama Bruised, which also marked her directorial debut.
Wahlberg admitted he’s been “banged up” a few times as well, revealing he’s suffered a “torn meniscus, separated shoulder, ego bruised quite a few times.”
Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg in The Union (2024). (Laura Radford /Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Berry stars in The Union, premiering Aug. 16 on Netflix, as US intelligence agent Roxanne. Wahlberg plays her former high school sweetheart, construction worker Mike, whom she ropes into a high-stakes espionage mission.
In addition to her tenure as Storm in the X-Men franchise, Berry’s action credits includes such titles as Swordfish (2001), Die Another Day (2002), Catwoman (2004) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).