Claire Foy felt 'very demanding' after sharing stunt concerns while filming 'Breathe' in 2017

Claire Foy isn't shy about mentioning everything when it comes to her past roles.

The 'Women Talking' star explained that she felt "tense and demanding" during production for the 2017 film 'Breathe' after raising concerns about dangerous stunts involving wild elephants. Based on the true story of couple Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Foy) traveling in Kenya, "Breathe" was actor Andy Serkis' first feature film.

"One thing that really, really gets on my nerves is that things aren't safe. Stunts - I can't tell you how many situations I've been in, "No, that go!" You are about to meet an elephant! Never mind! You don't need to meet the elephant first - just drive at high speed and get out of the car and meet the elephant!" , recalls Foy during the podcast "Happy Sad Confused".

Foy continued, "I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be okay with this, and now I'm being made to feel really uptight and high-maintenance because I'm pretty scared to meet a giant elephant."< /p> Related Related

She added, "Maybe I was a bit of a baby about it. But I was kind of like, 'I feel like this is a bit dangerous, guys. This isn't a trained elephant. It's just a random elephant we're heading towards.'"

And that experience wasn't limited to "Breathe": Foy noted that she often had to deal with dangerous stunts.

"I can't tell you how many times I've been involved in stunts where I just said 'That's not OK,'" the 'Girl in the Spider's Web' actress said. ". "And then everyone goes, 'No, it's okay! "And then you say, 'OK, I'm going to think you know what's going on here,' and it turns out nobody does. That's bad. But I haven't done anything like that for a few years. , so I think that probably changed."

Foy has previously said she feared for her life on the set of 'Breathe'.

"We had to drive straight over the elephants at high speed and brake hard. I was screaming, 'Oh my God, that's a bit of a kamikaze, isn't it?'" the actress said. Crown." "And [director] Andy Serkis is like, 'No, Claire, it's okay, hold my hand.' Andrew Garfield is in the Jeep, being passive – like, 'Come sleep in the Jeep with me' – and I'm just terrified. I almost [lost it]."

Foy concluded, "I could just see the headline: 'Two actors die in jeep after being charged by elephants.' But then the female elephant smelled me, and that was it. She moved on and it was an amazing experience."

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