Nicholas Galitzine revealed he suffered a series of injuries while filming Mary & George.
In the upcoming STARZ limited series, Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore) encourages her son, George (Galitzine), to seduce King James I (Tony Curran) and become his “all-powerful lover.” The 29-year-old told Entertainment Weekly that he ended up breaking his ankle while shooting the period drama due to the show’s dance and fighting scenes.
"There were these heeled shoes that you see characters wearing a lot," he explained. "These stately homes have very slippery floors. While filming the scene in the first episode where I run and tackle this serving boy, my ankle slipped [and twisted] a full 90 degrees inward. I fractured my ankle and had to continue doing stunts the next couple days and then was dancing on it."
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The actor admitted he had to push through the injury because filming had just begun, concealing the splint on his ankle with riding boots so it wasn’t noticeable on camera. "I was basically on set every single day of this six month shoot," he told the outlet. "Learning the dancing I had to do with a broken ankle. I was literally filming a dance sequence, like, three days after I broke my ankle, which is really difficult considering I'm actually not a dancer by trade either."
Unfortunately, breaking his ankle was just the beginning of the injuries Galitzine sustained while on set. "The same day [that I broke my ankle], one of my costars, in trying to hold me down, slammed my head into a table. So, I had a black eye and a broken ankle,” he said. “Tony [Curran] head-butted me at one point. He also cut my chin open with one of his rings. I really went through the wars on this production."
"I'm so pleased with the final result," he said, despite the physical toll it took. "None of it, obviously, was purposeful, and it mirrored the epic-ness of the journey that I went through over the show, both as Nick and as George."
Back in November 2023, Moore, 63, praised her Mary & George costar for his work ethic and kind nature, likening him to her former May December costar, Charles Melton, 33. “I would say the thing that’s interesting about both Nick and Charles — they’re both such lovely, gracious people. Really, really kind — very available, very hardworking,” the Oscar winner told Forbes.
"They care very much about their work. I was incredibly impressed with both of them, with their manners and their kindness. Here are these two young men who are absolutely gorgeous and their careers are kind of blossoming — all these doors are opening for them, but they just continue to be really wonderful, lovely team-oriented people,” Moore continued.
Mary & George debuts Friday, April 5 on STARZ.
