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By Shannon Power
Pop Culture & Entertainment Reporter
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Morgan Freeman caused a long-running injury to his body while filming one of his most iconic movies.
The legendary actor, 87, has starred in some of the most highly acclaimed movies of all time, including The Shawshank Redemption, Glory and Unforgiven.
One of his most famous roles was as Detective Lieutenant William Somerset in the 1995 movie Se7en, directed by David Fincher. Freeman starred in the crime thriller alongside Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey. Pitt and Freeman played detectives trying to stop a serial killer whose series of murders are based on the seven deadly sins.
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Freeman spoke about the movie on the most recent episode of Dax Shephard's podcast, The Armchair Expert.
"I really enjoyed working with David because I was so tuned to what he was after. He gave me a lot of leeway," Freeman began.
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The actor then explained how he had rolled his ankle filming one of the movie's most memorable scenes, and had to keep working on the injured joint until they got the shot right.
"I also twisted my ankle so bad running across the field there at the end. It was not like running on level ground," Freeman explained. "I sprained my ankle and then I think we did this shot seven or eight times."
"I stretched my tendon so badly, that it's not back again. So my foot tends to roll over a lot," Morgan added.
Shephard then wondered if tall men like themselves are predisposed the ankle and feet injuries because he had ongoing issues with his Achilles heel.
"I remember my dad used to roll his all the time and he said basically 'with a rolled ankle, you've got to go a year without rolling it and it'll tighten back up'. But until then you can roll it so easy," Shephard said.
Freeman is an Academy Award-winning actor whose career has spanned seven decades.
He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008 and the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2018.
While he is often considered one of the greatest actors of all time, Freeman wrote for Newsweek how he believes one of his most important roles was raising awareness for Black history.
"Many people think Black people have never done anything of any note, of any seriousness. But that is simply gaps in history," he wrote in 2023.
"This is us. This is all of us. This is who we are. This is American history."
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