Watts thanks yoga for recovery from fall

Hollywood star Naomi Watts was nearly left paralysed after a horrific fall on the New Zealand set of King Kong.

Watts, who plays Ann Darrow in the hotly anticipated remake, fell heavily from a height into a ditch - to the shock of cast and crew.

But she insists her rigorous practice of yoga saved her from any lasting damage.

She says, "I fell with quite a lot of force and I was jammed up in a hole. I had a brief period when I couldn't move and I thought I may be paralysed. I thought: 'This is it.' But after a few seconds I was able to move and they slowly got me out.

"I thought: 'Thank goodness for my yoga.' It had made me supple and agile."