1923 star Brandon Sklenar has revealed his shocking onset injury in a candid new interview.
The actor, 34, who recently distanced himself from the It Ends With Us drama, was interviewed by his The Housemaid co-star Sydney Sweeney, and dished on the ‘dumbest way’ he’s ever injured himself on set.
The Spencer Dutton star told Interview Magazine: ‘Splitting my own head open with a helmet shooting a scene in 1923. That was pretty dumb.
‘I was having to slam it down on this dude’s neck as he’s trying to kill me. And when we actually shot it, I had the helmet far enough in front of me to have some clearance.
‘Then we had to shoot from his point of view, of me slamming it on his neck, and because of the angle I had to hold the helmet really close to me, and we had one shot, so the director told me to just go really ape-s**t on it.
‘So I came up and hit myself right here under my eye and just totally split my head open’ adding that ‘they had to superglue it.’
The horror accident left him with ‘a pretty good scar right next to another scar that I already had there.’
1923 recently concluded with its second season, with the heartbreaking finale following the killing off of seven main characters.
This comes after Sklenar, who played the character Atlas Corrigan in It Ends With Us, was asked at the airport if he had any words of encouragement for any of his co-stars from the film.
Brandon cryptically replied back: ‘lead with love and compassion’ before walking away to the baggage claim area.
The telling comments comes over a month after he awkwardly tip-toed around the legal controversy surrounding Blake and Justin after the Oscars.
Initially, Brandon was very open in his support for Blake – specifically in December when the New York Times article came out.
The scandal officially kicked off in December after Lively, 37, filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment on the set of their film by Baldoni, 41, and the subsequent creation of a smear campaign – both of which he has denied – and has continued to unfold to this day.
Skelnar, who played Lively’s love interest in the film, has been asked about the subject numerous times since it broke out.
The scandal officially kicked off in December after Lively, 37, filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment on the set of their film by Baldoni, 41, and the subsequent creation of a smear campaign – both of which he has denied – and has continued to unfold to this day.
When the New York Times first broke the complaint in December, Brandon posted a link to the article on his Instagram Stories with a message supporting Blake.
‘For the love of God, read this,’ he wrote, in addition to tagging Lively and adding a red heart emoji next to her name.
In March, the subject came up while Sklenar, 34, was being interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter at the Vanity Fair Oscars party when he was asked how he had been ‘supporting’ Lively.
While admitting the whole ordeal was ‘tough’, Sklenar managed to provide a non-answer about the situation as he pivoted towards the film’s larger message and the impact it has had on audiences.
‘It’s a tough situation,’ he began. ‘I just hope everyone remembers what the movie is about and why we made it in the first place. It’s about love and it’s about supporting women in general and helping people through tough times,’ he said.
‘And that movie’s helped so many people, and I just want people to remember like what it’s about and why we made it. And to kind of keep it on that. That kind of core ethos.’
The issue came up again for Sklenar during an interview with Gayle King where he took a more neutral stance.
King, 70, put Sklenar on the spot on CBS Mornings as she asked: ‘Are you Team Blake or Team Justin?’
Sklenar, who was appearing to plug the second season of Yellowstone prequel, 1923, let out an awkward laugh and said: ‘I’m Team It Ends With Us.’
Asked how he was handling the dueling lawsuits between Lively and Baldoni, Sklenar said: ‘I just want people to remember why we made the movie in the first place and what it stands for, and just keeping the focus on that.
‘I have someone very close to me who’s gone through what [Lively’s character Lily is] going through for a long time and I’ve been on the front lines helping her navigate that space, so that movie meant a lot to me and it means a lot to her.
‘It was one of the reasons that me doing that movie gave her the strength to change her life.
‘It’s unfortunate that things get taken away from what the ethos of that thing is and it gets convoluted.’
Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign against her in a lawsuit filed in December while Baldoni accused Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, and publicist Leslie Sloane of defamation and extortion in a $400 million suit filed in February.
Baldoni has denied the allegations from Lively, while Lively, Reynolds and Sloane have denied the accusations made by Baldoni.
For astute social media users, the legal conflict was not necessarily a massive surprise as many viewers had suspected a feud was brewing between Lively and Baldoni.
At the time, Sklenar addressed the rumored tension feud, once again urging viewers not to forget the key message of the film.
In his lengthy statement to Instagram, Brandon urged fans not to ‘vilify’ the women in the film and focus on the messages of it.
‘Colleen and the women of this cast stand for hope, perseverance, and for women choosing a better life for themselves,’ he wrote.
‘Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about. It is, in fact, the opposite of the point.
‘What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film. It’s been disheartening to see the amount of negativity being projected online.’