Breaking your leg on stage and the audience thinking this is part of the performance. It just happened to actress Marijke Pinoy (65) in Paris.
Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Pinoy had been on the stage of the renowned Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris for several weeks. She played one of the two leading roles in the performance Ils nous ont oubliés by the French director Séverine Chavrier, based on the novel La plâtrière by Thomas Bernard. The performance lasts four hours, but at the end it went completely wrong.
Her character is killed in the last part. In addition, Pinoy must escape as quickly as possible in the dark. The Flemish actress misstepped and fell one and a half meters down. She screamed in pain, the bone in her leg had cracked into several pieces. Something that doctors mainly see in victims of skiing accidents. Her leg dangled in an unnatural way.
Because the last scene was so fierce, with a harsh confrontation between the characters, the audience thought her shouting was part of the scene. But behind the scenes, the seriousness of the situation was immediately understood. Everyone was in shock. Pinoy was taken to a hospital and immediately operated on. She is now home to continue her recovery.
