No pain, nary “Plane.”
Gerard Butler accidentally rubbed phosphoric acerb into his eyes portion filming his upcoming enactment flick “Plane,” saying the acquisition felt similar helium was “burning alive”
The 53-year-old made the revelation during an appearance connected “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Wednesday, saying the mishap occurred arsenic helium attempted to repair a faulty craft connected set.
“Now I’m sticking my manus successful betwixt these 2 wheels, benignant of pretending that I cognize what I’m doing,” Butler recalled. “Every clip I bring my hands out, they’re covered successful humor and greenish fluid, right? And I’m like, ‘I don’t cognize what this greenish fluid is.’ “
“I’m rubbing my look and, suddenly, it’s successful my throat. It’s successful my mouth. It’s up my nose. It’s successful my eyes,” helium continued. “It’s burning my face, and I mean burning.”
To adhd insult to injury, Butler said that mishap happened connected the hottest time of filming successful Puerto Rico. In summation to being covered successful humor and acid, the histrion was besides drenched successful sweat.
After the movie unit realized that the greenish fluid was phosphoric acid, determination was a commotion connected however champion to get the substance disconnected of Butler’s body.
Some suggested the prima lavation his look portion others said doing truthful would lone aggravate it.
According to the CDC website, the idiosyncratic affected should lavation their look instantly and question aesculapian help.
“I’m just, like, burning live … So it was intense. It really burned for hours,” Butler stated, without revealing however helium ended up removing the acid.
The enactment leader has since afloat recovered and joked that the incidental was “great for the sequence” that they were filming.
“Anything for the work!” the Scottish prima quipped, causing Meyers to burst into a acceptable of laughter.
“Plane” — which sees Butler play a aviator who makes an exigency landing successful hostile territory — lands successful theaters Jan. 13.
The big-budget flick stars “Ghost” fable Tony Goldwyn and Marvel prima Mike Colter.