Movies
Gyllenhaal almost injured filming 'Persia'
Published Thursday, May 20 2010, 19:18 BST | By Mike Moody
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Speaking to the Daily Star, the 29-year-old revealed that his face was almost cut during an action scene in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
"There's this fight towards the middle of the film where a guy has an axe and I'm fighting him with my sword and shield. There were a few times when the axe came a bit too close to my face," he said.
"You can see in the film where I was supposed to duck but didn't, and he almost cut my face off. It was intense."
Prince of Persia opens May 28 in US and UK cinemas.
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