Paul Bettany's return to the Marvel universe came with an unexpected injury.An over-the-top performance on the set of Marvel's "VisionQuest" left him with a gruesome eye injury that lasted two weeks."So, I was pretending to have a device on my head that is doing something to my brain, and I was just wildly overacting.And I blew out about 10 blood vessels in my eye," he explained during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."JAMES MCAVOY SAYS HE ‘NEARLY DIED’ AFTER HIS LUNGS COLLAPSED FOLLOWING BOTCHED BIOPSYPaul Bettany revealed he burst roughly 10 blood vessels in his eye while filming Marvel's "VisionQuest" after admittedly overacting during a scene.
(Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)"I mean, I was it was a lesson in less is more," Bettany added, before Kimmel showed a photo of his bloody injury to the audience.Bettany admitted he was stuck with his injured eye for two weeks, but said that the show must go on."I think ...it must have cost production so much to take it out because we shot the whole [thing]."GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREThe actor said the eye injury lasted two weeks, forcing production to digitally remove the damage from footage filmed during that time.
(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Disney)And despite playing a character known for his superhuman vision, Bettany admitted his own eyesight was far from perfect."I mean the irony is the actor playing Vision is kind of myopic, you know.I can't see a thing when I take my glasses off, which is great depending on the actor," he joked.Bettany reprised his role as Vision for the Disney+ series – the final chapter of a television trilogy that began with "WandaVision" in 2021 and continued with "Agatha All Along" in 2024.In "VisionQuest," Bettany portrays a rebuilt version of Vision who is struggling to understand his identity and recover a sense of purpose.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSDespite playing a superhero named Vi...