Kate Beckinsale Sues Canary Black Producers for Allegedly Exposing Her to ‘Harmful and Unsafe Situations’ on Set

Kate Beckinsale is suing the Canary Black producers after allegedly being uncovered to “harmful and unsafe situations,” in response to a grievance obtained by PEOPLE.

The 51-year-old actress starred within the crime movie in 2024, which was launched on Oct. 3. Over seven months later, the actress is accusing the movie’s manufacturing firm, Anton Leisure Media Providers, Inc., and its staff, together with producer John Zois, of negligence, intentional infliction of emotional misery and battery. Puck was the primary to report the information.

Beckinsale initially filed in opposition to the producers in December 2024 as “Jane Doe.” Nevertheless, she issued an amended grievance on Wednesday, Might 21, together with communications with the defendants and extra particulars of her on-set damage.

Beckinsale first suffered a fancy meniscus tear in her left knee whereas filming in December 2022. She then wanted surgical procedure, which subsequently paused the manufacturing for months.

Earlier than she returned to set, she claims her orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Jason Snibbe, mentioned she shouldn’t be requested to carry out stunts that concerned operating, leaping, harness suspension, squatting or kicking, per the grievance. Nevertheless, Dr. Snibbe’s requests have been allegedly ignored. 

Beckinsale’s grievance claims that she suffered additional aggravation of the knee damage as her physician’s orders have been repeatedly ignored and she or he was allegedly coerced into performing “unsafe motion sequences.”

Within the newly amended grievance, Beckinsale allegedly suffered a “vital trauma” to her knee after she was uncovered to “harmful and unsafe situations” on the Canary Black set. 

“Ms. Beckinsale and her staff repeatedly raised pink flags relating to unsafe situations on and off set to Defendants, together with lengthy, harmful set days, usually lasting fifteen hours, insufficient tools and medical personnel to assist handle the excessive bodily workload and get well from the exertion off set, and failure to adequately inform Ms. Beckinsale of what stunts she was anticipated to carry out till usually the second she needed to carry out it,” the grievance learn. 

The actress additionally alleges that though she raised her considerations repeatedly, the producers put her ” in hurt’s method” after they “continued to recklessly and deliberately forge forward with unsafe filming situations, forgoing security to keep up revenue margins.”

Together with a number of reach-outs from Beckinsale’s staff about their considerations with the set, her agent, Shani Rosenzweig, allegedly emailed Zois, saying, “Nobody is definitely taking actual motion to place a plan in place to repair this case so it by no means occurs once more… [Ms. Beckinsale] retains displaying as much as set for her name time and everybody round her has been made conscious it’s going to be a 15 hour [or more] day apart from her.” 

Rosenzweig then demanded fast motion to handle the unsafe situations. “If you happen to’re attempting to kill an individual, you’re doing a fantastic job,” she wrote to Zois, after asking him to clarify his plans to treatment the state of affairs. The grievance alleges Zois responded and agreed to shorten the actress’ “unsustainable” work days, saying, “I don’t know what else to say aside from you’re proper.”

Regardless of Zois’ response, Beckinsale’s attorneys alleged she nonetheless labored 15-hour days, was tasked to “carry out harmful motion sequences, with out pre-clearing or pre-training,” and the “set situations continued to be harmful.”

On account of the alleged negligence and “acutely aware and reckless choices, Ms. Beckinsale suffered additional damage, together with aggravation and exacerbation of her present accidents, which was totally avoidable,” per the grievance.

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PEOPLE reached out to Beckinsale and Zois’ representatives for additional info on Wednesday.