Kevin Connolly broke leg playing football with Russell Wilson on ‘Entourage’ set
Russell Wilson is one of a number of professional athletes who will be making a cameo in the upcoming “Entourage” movie, only his scene may have cost the creators of the movie a lot more than others. While Wilson was filming a scene with actor Kevin Connolly, who plays Eric Murphy in the show/movie, Connolly suffered a broken leg.
Deadline reported on Monday that Connolly broke his leg in two places last Wednesday while catching a pass from Wilson. Director Doug Ellin later confirmed that the injury took place while filming and that Connolly still managed to come down with the ball.
“Pain management advice from a Super Bowl champ!!!” Connolly wrote on Twitter. “#brokenleg.”
Wilson shared the same photo on his Instagram account.
“My man (Kevin Connolly) banged up after Running a perfect post route,” he wrote. “When he gets healthy watch out Wes Welker! #ARealHeartGuy #WhiteLightning.”
Amazingly enough, Connolly reportedly got write back to work after the injury happened and shot the next scene. He came to work the next day and production has not been interrupted. Either they’ve somehow worked the broken leg into the movie, or Connolly must be a pretty tough dude. I’m sure no actors will be catching passes from NFL quarterbacks for the remainder of production.
