Although Kyle Richards’ personal life has been the center of attraction for years, it’d be foul to undermine the actress’ unrelenting approach to acting. After a prolonged absence from the realm of showbiz for almost half a decade, Kyle Richards returned to reprise the role of Lindsey, one of the kids from the first Halloween release, in Halloween Kills.
While Halloween Kills is arguably one of the weaker entries in the franchise, this didn’t stop from Richards excelling at her part and leaving the crew astonished.
Kyle Richards’ Unrelenting Approach in Halloween Kills Is a Testament to Her Bravery
Unlike most actors, Kyle Richards was adamant about doing her own action scenes, which ended up costing the actress her nose. For the scene, in which her character uses a sack of bricks to smack the killer, they used a sack of foam, but in order to make it look heavy, the crew made sure it was very dense.
Despite not being as hard as a sack of bricks, it was still dense enough to break Richards’ nose, as she accidentally hit her face while swinging it. The actress further elaborated that before she took the hit, the stunt coordinator warned the actress to avoid this, as he also took a bump to the face.
He was like, Okay. Don’t do what I just did. You’ve got to follow through. So I step in, and what do I do? I hit myself right in the face.
Impressively, the actress refused to open up about her injury, as she didn’t want her stunt double to take over.
I didn’t tell anybody because I didn’t want my stunt double to take over for me, but I knew instantly — I broke my nose.
While her bravery didn’t pay off in the end, as the movie failed to make it big among fans and critics, she did earn the respect of her crewmates, who spoke highly of the returning actress.
Halloween Kills Director Was Taken Aback by Kyle Richards’ Determination
Prior to bringing her back in Halloween Kills, director David Gordon Green had doubts whether the actress would be fit for such grungier role, given the gig’s contrast to Richards’ stint in Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Fortunately, he was proven wrong upon his first meeting with the actress, who was open to pushing herself to the limits for the movie.
So I asked: ‘How far are you willing to go?’And she gives me a priceless, beautiful, hesitant: ‘How far do you need me to go?’
It’s safe to say she lived up to her comments and was again brought back for Halloween Ends in 2022.
Halloween Kills is available to stream on Peacock.
