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Paul Bettany says overacting on VisionQuest burst blood vessels in his eye
Paul Bettany says he burst about 10 blood vessels in his eye while filming a scene for Disney+ series VisionQuest.
He said he was pretending a device was affecting his brain and was “wildly overacting.”
His eye stayed red for about two weeks, and he joked that production may have used computer effects to remove the redness.
The experience taught him that less is more when acting, he said.
Bettany reprises his Marvel role as Vision, an AI character who tries to understand who he is by communicating with other AI personas in his programming.
The eight-episode series is set after WandaVision and follows Vision as he goes on the run with a mysterious teenager while a bounty is placed on him.
The Season 1 finale airs Nov.
10 on Disney+.
Paul Bettany says he burst about 10 blood vessels in his eye while overacting in a scene for VisionQuest.
He said the eye remained red for about two weeks.
Bettany described the incident as a lesson that “less is more.”
He said he was acting as if a device on his head was affecting his brain.
Bettany reprises his role as Vision in the Disney+ series, whose first-season finale airs Nov. 10.
- Who
- Paul Bettany, who plays Vision in VisionQuest.
- What
- He says he burst about 10 blood vessels in his eye while overacting in a scene.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- The incident happened during production of VisionQuest; the location is not stated.
- Why
- Bettany was pretending a device on his head was doing something to his brain and said he was “wildly overacting.
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Bettany acted as if a device on his head was affecting his brain and says he burst about 10 blood vessels in his eye.
Bettany recalled that his eye remained red.
The first-season finale of VisionQuest is scheduled to air.
- Blood vessels
- About 10
- Eye redness
- About two weeks
- Series
- VisionQuest
- Finale date
- Nov. 10
- Role
- Bettany reprises his role as Vision
What people are saying
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… It was a lesson in less is more.