My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 452

Sophia finally laid down her phone on the set where War Dragon was being filmed. Upon taking a peek at Michael, who was in the middle of the shoot, she secretly sneaked to the set next door to take a look at the actress in action.

In fact, there was a scene in which Nicole, who was the female protagonist, had to rescue her sister from their enemy’s hideout, which featured a huge amount of intense actions with a bitter sentiment.

This part of the film talked about how the female protagonist finally decided to swallow her pride and worked with the male protagonist. When they split up to rescue the captured victim, they both engaged in a fierce battle with their enemies respectively on the way, and this scene was about Nicole’s side of the story.

This scene was initially part of the plan as the female protagonist only showed up after the male protagonist finished the fight, whereupon it ended with both of them exchanging gazes upon rescuing the victim.

Refusing to have a stunt double, Nicole insisted on performing her own stunts from the beginning of the filming. As soon as the camera began rolling, the stuntmen started trading blows with Nicole just like what they had planned in their choreograph. At the moment, the crew was filming a scene that showed the female protagonist’s prowess in taking on ten enemies at one time.

Nevertheless, they later hit a snag just as they were about to finish the shooting as one of the stuntmen was supposed to hit Nicole in the stomach according to the script. Since the fight scene was not an actual brawl, the stuntman was required to take extra precautions in the execution in order not to hurt Nicole.

Soon, the professional stuntman landed three devastating punches in Nicole’s stomach, much to the latter’s surprise. The next moment, the actress was seen covering her stomach with her hands, rolling on the ground in agony. “Cut!” The director excitedly shouted, “What a perfect shot! Good take, everybody! Let’s move on to our next scene!”

After that, Nicole struggled to get on her feet while enduring the excruciating pain in her stomach. At the same time, her experience as a stuntwoman in the past told her that that level of power wasn’t necessary at all in filming.

Nonetheless, she quickly dismissed that thought, knowing that accidents were hardly avoidable when shooting fight scenes. In the end, she decided to let things slide.

“Are you alright, Nicole?” Sophia noticed the painful look on Nicole’s face and caringly asked about her condition.

Nicole bore with the pain and shook her head. “I’m fine, so don’t worry about me.”

In the next few shots, the stuntman kept making mistakes, landing all his strikes on Nicole without pulling his punches at all.

Meanwhile, Olivia gleefully watched on the sideline as the poor actress kept taking a beating from the stuntman, gloating over her suffering. You brought this all on yourself for insisting on performing the stunts by yourself, Nicole. I’ll wait until you get maimed so terribly that you can’t film anymore. By then, I’ll be the one who takes over your role as the female protagonist.

After a long day at work, Nicole felt as if all her organs were everywhere in her body. Feeling pain in her ankles, she rolled up her pant legs, only to find her ankles swollen. Despite the overwhelming pain, she immediately covered her ankles when she saw someone approaching, acting as if nothing ever happened before she got into the car and returned to the hotel.

After everyone else left, she secretly made her way to a hospital far from the hotel to see a specialist. In the end, the medical result showed that she suffered internal bleeding and multiple fractured bones.

In fact, the doctor had long known Nicole ever since War Dragon’s cast came here because of the actress’s frequent visit due to the injuries she sustained during her filming.

For that, he felt sympathetic for her and angry at the same time. “Nicole, you really need to know when to stop. We don’t know how long you can keep doing this, and I’m afraid that the worst could happen. By then, you can forget about your entire acting career.”