Jameela Jamil is willing to go the extra mile for her roles, even if it means getting injured in ways one wouldn’t even think possible.
The actress spoke with Entertainment Weekly on the red carpet for the premiere of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law about her stunt work for the show, sharing the NSFW injury she sustained while shooting.
“Oh, I did it all! I did it all,” Jamil said Tuesday of her involvement in the action sequences for the Disney+ Original series. “I was hurting in places that I really didn’t know exist.”
“Like, you’ll probably have to bleep this out,” she continued. “But I pulled a muscle in my a**hole! I didn’t know that was possible!”
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Despite her dedication, Jamil is unsure how much of her stunt work—which included “jiu jitsu, kung fu, and combat in the air”—will make it to the big screen. “CGI is bonkers,” she added. “But I got to do all my stunts pretty much myself! And that’s something I’ve never done before, because I’m the ultimate couch potato.”
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres August 18 on Disney+.
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While pulling a sphincter muscle might be a new (literal) pain in the behind for Jamil, she’s certainly no stranger to odd injuries.
Last year, the Good Place actress opened up about being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a grouping of inherited connective tissue disorders that can cause frequent joint pain and dislocations, cardiac problems, and other systemic issues.
“It’s a severe lack of collagen, just to put in the most simple terms. It means complications with your bones, teeth, joints, skin, and your vital organs. Basically, nothing works properly,” Jamil told Parade in September. “You look like the absolute picture of health on the outside, and you’re subjected to a lifetime of doubt cast on you by people who haven’t lived with an invisible illness.”
But the actress says that the team behind She-Hulk: Attorney at Law was more than accommodating after having an open, honest conversation with them about her disability.
“They told me I would be doing stunts, so I had to sit them down and say, ‘Hey guys, so about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome…’ and rather than firing me over reducing my role, they just built a team around me to help me and facilitate me being able to do my best.”
She added, “We need more of that in the world.”