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Marvel star Paul Bettany blew out 10 blood vessels in his eye during wild ‘VisionQuest’ scene

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Overhultz, L. (2026, October 31). Marvel star Paul Bettany blew out 10 blood vessels in his eye during wild ‘VisionQuest’ scene. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/marvel-star-paul-bettany-blew-10-blood-vessels-eye-during-wild-visionquest-scene

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Fox News · collected 2026-10-31 · by Lauryn Overhultz

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Paul Bettany suffered an eye injury while filming a scene for Marvel's upcoming series "VisionQuest," where he plays the character Vision. During an overacted performance depicting a device affecting his brain, he ruptured about 10 blood vessels in one eye, causing significant bleeding that lasted two weeks. The actor humorously noted the irony of playing a character with superhuman vision while needing glasses himself. Bettany's role in "VisionQuest" involves portraying Vision after he has regained his memories but struggles to connect emotionally with them, living quietly in Scotland and exploring his identity within a metaphorical mental space.
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Paul Bettany, who plays Vision in Marvel's TV series, suffered a severe eye injury during filming on October 31, 2026. While overacting for a scene involving a device affecting his brain, he ruptured about 10 blood vessels in one of his eyes, causing significant bleeding and swelling that lasted two weeks. The incident occurred during the production of "VisionQuest" on Disney+, which is set to be the final chapter in a television trilogy initiated with WandaVision in 2021. Despite this setback, Bettany continued filming and highlighted the financial impact it had on production costs.

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🔮 "So when we find vision, he has had his memories restored, but he is unable or perhaps unwilling to attach any feelings to them," Bettany told Kimmel.
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Avengers Disney+ Kimmel Marvel Scotland

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Bettany PERSON · 7× Kimmel PERSON · 4× Vision PERSON · 4× Marvel ORG · 3× Avengers ORG · 1× Disney+ ORG · 1× Paul Bettany's PERSON · 1× Scotland GPE · 1× Tony Stark's PERSON · 1× Ultron PERSON · 1×

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"At night he goes and lives in the fridge freezer, and he goes inside his own head and in that head is a kind of what we call the mind space, and it's a mansion," he explained, comparing the concept to the movie "Inside Out."
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🔮 "So when we find vision, he has had his memories restored, but he is unable or perhaps unwilling to attach any feelings to them," Bettany told Kimmel.

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Paul Bettany's return to the Marvel universe came with an unexpected injury. asserted
return → come → injury
An over-the-top performance on the set of Marvel's "VisionQuest" left him with a gruesome eye injury that lasted two weeks. asserted
that → leave → injury
"So, I was pretending to have a device on my head that is doing something to my brain, and I was just wildly overacting. asserted
I → pretend → brain
And I blew out about 10 blood vessels in my eye," he explained during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." asserted
he → blow → Kimmel
"I mean, I was it was a lesson in less is more," Bettany added, before Kimmel showed a photo of his bloody injury to the audience. asserted
Kimmel → mean → audience
Bettany admitted he was stuck with his injured eye for two weeks, but said that the show must go on. asserted
show → admit → weeks
"I think ... it must have cost production so much to take it out because we shot the whole [thing]." asserted
we → think → thing
And despite playing a character known for his superhuman vision, Bettany admitted his own eyesight was far from perfect. asserted
eyesight → play → vision
"I mean the irony is the actor playing Vision is kind of myopic, you know. asserted
you → mean → Vision
I can't see a thing when I take my glasses off, which is great depending on the actor," he joked. asserted
he → see → actor
Bettany reprised his role as Vision for the Disney+ series – the final chapter of a television trilogy that began with "WandaVision" in 2021 and continued with "Agatha All Along" in 2024. asserted
that → reprise → 2024
In "VisionQuest," Bettany portrays a rebuilt version of Vision who is struggling to understand his identity and recover a sense of purpose. asserted
who → portray → purpose
"So when we find vision, he has had his memories restored, but he is unable or perhaps unwilling to attach any feelings to them," Bettany told Kimmel. asserted
Bettany → find → Kimmel
"And he is living a very quiet life in a pub in Scotland where he works." asserted
he → live → Scotland
"At night he goes and lives in the fridge freezer, and he goes inside his own head and in that head is a kind of what we call the mind space, and it's a mansion," he explained, comparing the concept to the movie "Inside Out." asserted
he → go → movie
"In that head, in that mansion are a bunch of different AIs who have differing personalities that help him sort of sift through the data of the day and understand humanity," he added. asserted
he → have → humanity
Bettany got his start in the Marvel universe as J.A.R.V.I.S, Tony Stark's artificial intelligence assistant. asserted
Bettany → get → J.A.R.V.I.S
His new character, Vision, was created when the Avengers uploaded J.A.R.V.I.S.'s AI into a synthetic body originally designed by Ultron, using the Mind Stone to bring him to life. asserted
Avengers → create → life
"Do AI companies try to get you to do J.A.R.V.I.S. for them?" Kimmel asked. asserted
Kimmel → try → them
"Gosh, I wish," he said. asserted
he → wish → ?
"I would be hanging up my acting." asserted
I → hang → acting
"Maybe that is a seed that has now been planted," Kimmel joked. asserted
Kimmel → plant → ?
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