Poldark’s Aidan Turner injured by freak wave while filming second series
Things are only getting worse for Ross Poldark - Aidan Turner has revealed that he was injured on set during filming of the hit BBC series.
While Ross Poldark might be in real pain after [spoiler alert] losing his daughter and finding himself arrested for murder at the end of the last series, Turner is the one in over his head after a freak sea accident on set.
Turner and co-star Eleanor Tomlinson were filming off the Cornish coast when a freak wave surprised everyone involved.
“We were filming me lifting Demelza out of a boat in the actual sea,” Turner told the Radio Times.
“This huge wave picked up the boat and slammed it into my head.”
While Turner has received acclaim for his portrayal of the Cornish heartthrob, off-screen it sounds like Ross isn’t quite as macho in a crisis.
“I dropped her in the water – not very Ross Poldark.”
It sounds like Turner wasn’t seriously hurt by the injury, although one cameraman involved in the incident did receive a nasty concussion while shooting underwater.
Poldark returns to BBC One on Sunday, going head to head with ITV’s new drama Victoria.
Victoria swept through all the competition this bank holiday weekend, leaving the BBC’s slew of comedy revivals in the dust as it premiered in back-to-back episodes.
We’ll see more of Ross Poldark – and his legendary abs – on Sunday at 9pm.
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