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In this video, Jenna Ortega reveals how sitting in a wheelchair all day for her ‘Iron Man 3’ role caused her legs to fall asleep. She explains to Taika Waititi that she was so dedicated to staying in character that she almost fell on her face when getting up.

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00:00No, it's Iron Man 3.
00:01It's Iron Man 3!
00:02Yep.
00:02Damn it.
00:03I was so happy to be in a movie.
00:06I was so happy to be in a movie.
00:08I had been begging my mom for years.
00:10She finally let me start auditioning.
00:12It was one of the first things I ever went out for.
00:15Booked it.
00:16Was thrilled.
00:17You know, like, my brothers knew who Iron Man was.
00:20Like, this is gonna be a really big deal.
00:22And I remember I was...
00:23Sat in the wheelchair all day.
00:25And I sat on my leg all day in the wheelchair.
00:28But I didn't want to move because, again,
00:30I was so happy to be an actor and to be a character
00:32and to be whatever that I just kind of stayed in the wheelchair all day.
00:36And when I went home, I was limping to the car.
00:39It felt like television static all running throughout my leg.
00:43You know when your leg falls asleep and it's that weird feeling?
00:45I almost fell on my face getting out of the wheelchair.
00:47But it was just the fact that I even got to sit there
00:51and have that experience and just really live in the take was exciting to me.
00:57Iron Man 3 gave her arterial damage in her leg
01:00that she's never healed from.
01:02It's never been the same.

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