The Rookie is gearing up for its long-awaited eighth season hitting the 2026 TV schedule, and there will probably be a lot to stay up for, even with a number of the characters going worldwide. A lot of intense motion and battle scenes are on the best way, some from characters you most likely wouldn’t consider, together with Shawn Ashmore’s Wesley Evers. The actor even recalled a painful harm that he suffered on set.
Those that have watched The Rookie know that, regardless of being a lawyer, Wes has gotten into some fairly high-stakes conditions, and a type of conditions was apparently so intense that Ashmore bought harm fairly badly. Whereas attending Epic Cons Chicago 2 in 2024, Ashmore shared throughout a The Rookie forged panel (of which CinemaBlend was in attendance) that he broke his rib throughout a battle scene a few seasons in the past. Ouch!
What’s extra, the break occurred through the first take, which does not bode properly for repeat makes an attempt. The strikes have been choreographed, and the actors got here within the day earlier than to rehearse it, and it additionally wasn’t one thing he was a stranger to, as he is been part of motion sequences in loads of initiatives. However when the cameras truly began rolling, issues went downhill. In his phrases:
All I needed to do was deal with the man. Not even deal with, push him over a sofa, like a henchman that is available in, taking pictures up our home. First take, adrenaline’s going, ‘Motion.’ I run as much as him, and I hit him. And I simply bumped into him, and I felt a lightning bolt undergo my complete physique, and I used to be in ache, and I needed to run out of the scene. Minimize to 12 hours later, we’re completed with the day of taking pictures, and I’m going house, and I’m like, ‘I’m in ache.’
He additionally admitted that when he bumped into the man, who was about 5’6 and “250 kilos of muscle,” he felt rapid ache and the stunt coordinator he may need bruised his ribs. So optimistic. The stunt coordinator agreed with that self-diagnosis, and nothing was completed about it.
Sadly, all concerned then needed to proceed taking pictures that battle scene for the remainder of the day, and by lunch time, he was actually feeling it, whereas nonetheless refusing to go to any medical doctors. Finally, it wasn’t till 5 days later when Ashmore’s complaining reached the purpose the place his spouse recommended he go to the hospital, the place an X-ray proved that his ribs have been damaged for that complete span.
It is unknown precisely what battle scene Ashmore was filming, however he believed it passed off throughout Season 4 or 5, although his on-screen spouse, Alyssa Diaz, very pointedly mentioned it was “Season 4.” So followers can at all times return and watch with a Hulu subscription to see if they will pinpoint the precise second Ashmore broke his ribs, however it positively sounds very painful.
Kudos to Ashmore for with the ability to deal with the ache for 5 days, and it’s onerous to inform if not for his spouse, how for much longer he would have gone with out going to the hospital. So it’s factor she was round.
There’s no telling what will probably be in retailer for Season 8, and what sort of bother Wesley will get into, however hopefully, if Ashmore does one other large battle scene and he will get harm, he takes it severely. That’s at all times the chance of engaged on a present like The Rookie, which Nathan Fillion says is the perfect job he is ever had, the place there are always intense motion and battle scenes, irrespective of the character, however no less than Ashmore now has an attention-grabbing battle sequence story.
