Henrick Vartanian
It’s the pop sound Justin Timberlake made that was heard on the set, and we are not talking music. It was the sound of JT injuring his leg on the set of Andrew Niccol’s scifi thriller “Now.”
In a report by MTV.com sources close to production said they “heard a pop” as the 29-year-old actor performed his own stunt.
“Justin Timberlake sustained a muscle injury to his calf on the set,” read a statement from the studio. “Production has taken a brief hiatus and will resume shortly.”
Downplaying the incident, the actor told etonline: “It’s not irreversibly damaged. I was just on set and I hurt it. I wish I had a way better story about how I got into this Bruce Lee Kung Fu fight with someone and ‘you should see the other guy,’ but unfortunately I did it to myself.”
It looks like JT can get back to work in two weeks, a source told mtv.com.
Timberlake’s next film, “Yogi Bear” in which he voices Boo Boo arrives in theaters on December 17.