Over the years there have been a number of wrestlers who have made the jump to Hollywood. Kurrgan (real name Robert Maillet) has landed roles in a number of films including 300, Pacific Rim and Deadpool 2 to name a few.
The Attitude Era star ended up working with Robert Downey Jr. while filming Sherlock Holmes, and during an appearance on Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw he recalled an incident where he accidentally hit RDJ in the mouth.
“We were shooting a complicated scene. It was a fight scene mostly with him, and then we were shooting fight scenes underneath a boat. It was very complicated and took a few days to do it. We were changing stuff every day, the choreography of the fight. Sometimes, we never had the time to rehearse and sometimes Robert Downey was away, busy, doing something else. We had to rehearse with a stunt double. It always kept changing, all the time.
We did a segment where I was aiming my punch towards his face. He was supposed to block it and then my punch was aimed towards his chest and he would fall back into barrels. We did that a couple of times on film. One time, it happened so quick, that he forgot to block. It’s tricky because I couldn’t pull back at the last minute because it happened so fast. I was aiming towards his face, he didn’t block it, so I hit him right in the mouth.”
Kurrgan went on to say that Robert Downey Jr. cut the inside of his lip. They were able to finish the scenes for the day, but RDJ later received five stitches at the hospital. The former WWE star said that he felt terrible about what happened and the insurance agencies on set were nervous. Luckily Robert Downey Jr. gave Kurrgan a gift to let him know everything was fine.
“The next day, he was fine, he came to my trailer. I was doing makeup and preparing for the next day. He came up and dropped a gift bag without saying a word. I thought he was going to attack me. It was a bottle of champagne, he wrote a personal note saying everything is cool and okay. It gave me a boost.I was (more upset than he was). I felt bad.”
H/T Fightful
