Kevin Costner blasted off on the set of “Hidden Figures”… but instead of a rocket taking him into space, he says he needs morphine to ease the pain.
The superstar actor gave an interview to People released on Saturday… and he talked about the hit 2016 film about several black women and their contributions to the space race around the 17-minute mark.
KC – who plays the director of the Space Task Group in the film – says most of the filming went as planned… until a bout of kidney stones destroyed him.
Costner says he shot the last 10 days on set while using an intravenous drip of the opioid for pain relief. For the first three days, he says it was relatively normal… for the last seven, not so much.
Costner says he had to roll up his sleeves in the film instead of keeping them up to his elbows, as if he had to hide the needle marks on his arms.
KC says he’s never worked drunk or high – although that’s a little hard to believe, since he used morphine in his trailer. Either way, he says he hasn’t missed a day of filming – he’s a tough cowboy, after all.
Of course, “Hidden Figures” – starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali and more stars — became a huge hit, grossing over $230 million at the box office.
In short… Consnter is a top professional — and not even medical-grade morphine can get him down.