Oscar winner Charlize injured in stunt accident

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron was injured while shooting her new film, Aeon Flux, in Germany, but her representatives are not saying how badly she was hurt.

Theron suffered the injury while doing her own stunts in a wire-hanging action sequence, said the movie’s publicist, Jeanmarie Carrasco.

“No cuts, no broken bones,” Carrasco said. “I think it was something less tangible than that. … Something vague and nagging.”

Filming in Berlin has been halted for several weeks to allow Theron to recover.

Theron’s publicist said the 29-year-old actress was not taken to hospital.

“She did sustain an injury on the set. It’s a very physically demanding role,” said Theron publicist Amanda Silverman.

Aeon Flux is set centuries in the future at a time when a plague has wiped out most of the population. Theron plays the title character, a sleek, sexy commando who is part of a rebellion against the remaining government.

Theron, who won an Academy Award for her role in Monster, stars in Head in the Clouds, set for release in the US.