The director was trying to lift the Millennium Falcon door after it broke Harrison Ford’s ankle.
Harrison Ford famously broke his ankle last year while filming the upcoming Star Wars sequel, The Force Awakens. But what didn’t leak out from the highly secretive set is that director J.J. Abrams also broke his back at the same time, while he was trying to help Ford.
Ford, who’s reprising his role as Han Solo, broke his ankle when the hydraulic door of the Millennium Falcons accidentally pushed down, bending the actor’s ankle 90 degrees. Abrams explained on Thursday night’s Daily Show, though, that he too got injured at the same time, breaking his back as he was trying to help lift the door after Ford injury.
Abrams, in keeping with his top-secret approach to movies and TV shows he works on, didn’t tell anyone about his own injury, he told Stewart, revealing he wore a back brace under his clothes. And, Abrams explained, Ford seemed to recover much faster than he did.
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