Here's why Helen Mirren kept her injury a secret on the sets of Shazam 2

Actor Helen Mirren recently opened up about being injured while shooting for the superhero sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods. 

According to reports, the 77-year-old actor revealed that she had a broken finger. She also stated that she didn't tell the cast and crew what had happened to her because she was so in awe of the "brave" experts working on the film. 

"When you're in that stunt world, the stunt people are so brave, and you want to be accepted by them. I'm sucking up to the stunt people," she told Entertainment Tonight.

She futher added, "They were the cool kids, exactly. I wanted to be accepted by them so I was not going to complain about my finger."

The film's lead, Zachary Levi, praised Helen for being "such a trouper" and admitted that he had no idea the veteran actor was injured during the shoot. He said, "I had no idea, but she's such a trouper. She was so there and present and rolling up her sleeves, like, 'How can we go have fun? How can we do this?' She's everything. Such an icon."

Helen previously explained she broke her finger after misjudging the moment in a fight scene and making contact with a wall. "I do have a big fight sequence and I did some myself and obviously we have great stunt people and they help with the really difficult stuff. But I did do as much as I possibly could. I didn't particularly train, just a bit of yoga in the morning! But I'm not a sporty type of person at all," she added.