Kate Beckinsale, the total legend herself, is NOT having it. She’s straight-up suing the producers of her 2024 Prime Video movie Canary Black because—wait for it—they basically tried to break her body. No joke.
So here’s the tea: Kate, the action queen, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Anton Entertainment and producer John Zois for negligence, battery, and—hold on—intentional infliction of emotional distress (yup, it’s as crazy as it sounds).
Now, why all this drama? Well, apparently, during filming from late 2022 to early 2023, Kate was basically subjected to a 15-hour rollercoaster of bad decisions, including dangerous stunts, unsafe set conditions, and no one telling her what the heck she was even supposed to do until the last possible second. And for her trouble? She ended up with a gnarly knee injury that required surgery. Ouch.
Kate’s team had been waving the red flags like they were at a NASCAR race. They were like, “Hey! This is unsafe, we need breaks, we need actual medical support, and can we please know what stunts we’re doing?!” But guess what? The producers were like, “Nah, let’s just keep pushing through these crazy hours and ignore everything.” Classic.
But wait, there’s more! Kate had to get surgery for that knee (shudder), and her orthopedic surgeon was like, “DO NOT make her do stunts where she has to jump, run, or—hold on to your hat—kick people.” And what did the producers do? They were like, “Ooooops, we forgot, but let’s make her do MORE intense action sequences. Sounds like a GREAT idea!” Cue eye roll.
It wasn’t just her knee that got wrecked, though. Noooope, Kate’s agent even emailed the producers, calling out the insanity: “If you’re trying to kill a person, you’re doing a great job,” which… is kinda dark but also, like, true. And, get this, John Zois (the big cheese) just casually replied with, “You’re right,” and then agreed the 15-hour days were unsustainable. But… nothing changed. Wild, right?
So now, Kate is fighting back, and her lawsuit is laying bare all the behind-the-scenes chaos. We’re talking dangerous set conditions, zero training for stunts, and reckless decisions that could’ve been avoided—if only someone had been listening.
This whole ordeal has become a mess, and it sounds like production basically turned into the wildest game of Russian roulette with her body. Yikes. We hope Kate gets the justice she deserves—because no one should have to deal with this nonsense. Stay strong, queen! 👑💪
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