Jennifer Garner bit a stunt performer's ear: Have a picture of him missing a chunk of ear
Los Angeles, Feb 5
Hollywood star Jennifer Garner shared that she accidentally injured a stunt performer while filming the 2007 action thriller film The Kingdom, which also featured Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper.
The Hollywood star told reporters: "Pete Berg, who was the director, told him to try to kill me. We did not have a lot of choreography, and he told me to do anything I could to survive. He did, and I did, and I ended up scrambling onto his back."
"I bit his ear, and we have a picture of him missing a chunk of ear, because we were not kidding."
Garner likened her ear bite to boxer Mike Tyson biting a chunk out of Evander Holyfield's ear back in 1997, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The actress jokingly added: "Don't make me mad. I seem nice. I've warned you before."
Meanwhile, Garner previously said that she got stuck in an elevator for more than an hour at San Diego Comic-Con in 2024.
The actress confessed via social media that she spent more than an hour waiting to be rescued during the event.
Garner explained on Instagram: "Hey, guys, we're stuck on this elevator [and] I could use a Wolverine; I could use a Deadpool. I could use someone (and) we're looking for stairs. OK, thanks for having us here. My first Comic Con!"
She attended the event for the first time after she starred in the superhero movie Deadpool and Wolverine.
The actress, who was previously married to fellow film star Ben Affleck, said: "I'm schvitzy (and) I need to blot. 'Don't cut the blue wire' is what we're hearing. I think I heard on an episode of 'The Office' or 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' or something that you're supposed to sit, so we're sitting."
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Reader Comments
The stunt performer's dedication is next level. In our film industry, safety is becoming a bigger priority now, which is good. Can't imagine a Bollywood star actually biting someone's ear off on set, the media would have a field day for months!
Comparing herself to Mike Tyson is a bit much, no? It was an accident during filming, not a deliberate act in a boxing ring. She's telling it as a funny story now, but it must have been a serious injury for the performer. A bit tone-deaf.
The elevator story is more relatable! Stuck for an hour and making jokes about it. "Don't cut the blue wire" - that's exactly what goes through your mind in those situations. Her first Comic-Con experience was definitely memorable, just not in the way she expected.
"We have a picture of him missing a chunk of ear" – that's a souvenir you don't want! 🥴 It shows how intense and real some action scenes can get. Makes you appreciate the risks stunt people take so the stars look good on screen. True heroes.
From biting ears to getting stuck in elevators, her career anecdotes are something else! She seems to have a good sense of humor about it all. Looking forward to seeing her in Deadpool & Wolverine.
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