HARGITAY STUNNED MEDICS WITH TOUGHNESS
LAW & ORDER: SVU star MARISKA HARGITAY stunned medics when she was diagno sed with a collapsed lung last year (09) - they couldn’t believe she was walking.
The actress landed awkwardly while performing a stunt on the hit cop dr ama and when the pain didn’t let up she decided to have it checked - mont hs later.
The diagnosis forced her to pull out of shooting for weeks, prompting T V bosses to film the show around her absence.
She says, "I thought it was a pulled rib. I’m pretty tough. When I coul dn’t breathe anymore, I got an X-ray, and they couldn’t believe I was wal king." The injury has prompted Hargitay to take more care on set.
She tells WENN, "I was doing stunts when I was pregnant. I’d fall and j ump on guys. Now there are scenes when I have to run, and I’ll only take a few steps. Everyone is super-careful of me."
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