Paul Bettany Says He ‘Blew Out’ 10 Blood Vessels in His Eye While Filming ‘VisionQuest’: ‘I Was Just Wildly Overacting’

Paul Bettany revealed that he popped approximately 10 blood vessels in his eye during the filming of VisionQuest. The Iron Man actor explained that the injury occurred while he was wildly overacting a scene involving a device affecting his brain. Despite playing the indestructible AI Vision in the MCU and the Disney+ series, Bettany faced human limitations during production. He described the incident as a significant lesson in the acting principle that less is more.