This Article is From Mar 27, 2012

Julia Roberts pulls muscle while wearing heavy costume

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Highlights

  • Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts pulled a muscle in her thigh while filming new movie Mirror Mirror after struggling to move in one particularly heavy costume.
  • The 44-year-old actress stars as the Evil Queen in the fantasy comedy and was often weighed down by her elaborate regal dresses.
  • The bronze-coloured outfit, which she wears while sitting on her throne in the film, weighed a hefty 60 pounds and Roberts says she had to get ready for the shot in a specially-erected tent.
  • "I had a tent on the stage that I went in to dress because that dress doesn't go into any modern doorway and that dress weighed, I think, 60 pounds. I actually pulled a thigh muscle trying to chastise Nathan, turning really quickly," she said.
London: Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts pulled a muscle in her thigh while filming new movie Mirror Mirror after struggling to move in one particularly heavy costume.

The 44-year-old actress stars as the Evil Queen in the fantasy comedy and was often weighed down by her elaborate regal dresses.

The bronze-coloured outfit, which she wears while sitting on her throne in the film, weighed a hefty 60 pounds and Roberts says she had to get ready for the shot in a specially-erected tent.

"I had a tent on the stage that I went in to dress because that dress doesn't go into any modern doorway and that dress weighed, I think, 60 pounds. I actually pulled a thigh muscle trying to chastise Nathan, turning really quickly," she said.
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