The Oscar winner — who performed House Job Group director Al Harrison within the 2016 biographical drama — revealed he “labored 10 days below an IV drip,” and shared why he was handled with the painkiller.
There is no such thing as a doubt Kevin Costner is devoted to his craft, however he is now revealed a time when his honorable work ethic pushed him to endure a painful situation in an effort to end a movie shoot.
In an interview with PEOPLE for its newest cowl story, the actor revealed he filmed 2016’s Hidden Figures whereas secretly affected by kidney stones, and labored for 2 weeks on morphine.
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“I’ve by no means labored drunk on a set. I’ve by no means labored excessive on a set, however I used to be on morphine the final two weeks that I labored on [Hidden Figures],” recalled Costner, 69, who performed House Job Group director, Al Harrison, within the movie, which follows the true story of three African-Amerian mathematicians who labored at NASA, and their good work to assist the US throughout the House Race.
In the course of the movie’s shoot, Costner stated he discovered he had kidney stones, which might be extraordinarily painful.
“[I] labored 10 days below an IV drip. I do not even understand how. About three days of it I used to be regular after which one thing occurred to me,” he instructed PEOPLE, including that he “by no means missed a day of labor.”
“I sat in my trailer with a morphine drip in my arm,” he recalled.
The Oscar winner went on to share that he needed to hold his shirt sleeves rolled down in an effort to cover the bruises he acquired from the IV drip.
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“Ultimately I needed to,” Costner stated, admitting that battling kidney stones was painful. “I wished to cry, however there was all people watching, so I did not.”
This comes just some days after Costner’s 15-year-old son praised his dad’s work ethic on the premiere of his movie, Horizon: An American Saga, and caught Costner off-guard along with his candy feedback.
Hayes, who performs Nathaniel Kittredge within the movie, was excited to be alongside his dad — who directed, produced and stars as lead character Hayes Ellison, named after his son — on the film’s premiere on Monday night time.
“He trapped me,” Hayes joked to Leisure Tonight in regards to the additional time he spent along with his father on set. “I acquired to spend the entire day with him day-after-day and simply see him work … I had such a blast.”
“It was so enjoyable. Simply working with my dad, I liked it” Hayes continued. “It was wonderful to observe him direct as a result of I’ve by no means seen it earlier than.”
When requested the way it felt to listen to his son speak about him like that, a teary-eyed Costner stated, “It feels good” — showing to get choked up earlier than taking a second.
Because the interview continued, he additionally jokingly placed on his sun shades, to cover his feelings.
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 is in theaters now, and Chapter 2 will comply with in August. Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 are nonetheless in manufacturing.
