Elizabeth Banks opens ‘terrifying’ near-fatal episode on film set

Elizabeth Banks revealed she had a “scary,” near-fatal experience while choking on the set of her new movie “Skincare.”

The Emmy-nominated actor, who stars in the upcoming thriller, told “Good Morning America” ​​on Tuesday that she started choking on a “little green pea” that was part of her lunch while she was shooting the movie .

“I was alone in my caravan, I threw the door open, couldn’t make a sound, I was so scared. It was terrifying,” Banks said.

She said she saw someone working on the film ask if she was choking, so she indicated she was in danger.

“And he came over very calmly, I drove right into him and he gave me the Heimlich maneuver,” Banks recalled, adding that the man had to do it twice before her food “came off.”

“His name is Julius, he is my guardian angel. Julius, I love you. I saved my life, literally on set,” said Banks, who emphasized that people need to learn the Heimlich maneuver.

She continued, “A lot of people think, ‘I’m going to break a rib or hurt someone.’ They’re dying, so break their rib if you have to. I would have been fine with a broken rib. I literally couldn’t breathe and it was super scary…”

Banks’ new film ‘Skincare’ – which also stars Lewis Pullman and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – follows celebrity esthetician Hope Goldman whose attempt to launch her own skincare line hits a snag when she begins to suspect someone is out to destroy her to make. according to IFC Films.

She told “GMA” that the Austin Peters-directed film, which hits theaters Aug. 16, was “ripped from the headlines” and she related to the character, which she described as “old school in a whole new world ‘.

“She’s like a little one, you know, opened a store 25 years ago and is really being abused by young people saying, ‘You have to be on Instagram and you have to do it this way,’ and kind of dox her and mess with her and she’s going crazy trying to stay relevant,” Banks said.