Morgan Freeman, 86, forced to pull out of UK trip at last minute after falling ill
MORGAN Freeman has been forced to pull out of his UK press trip after falling ill, The Sun can reveal.
Actor Morgan, 86, was due to fly across the pond to promote his new spy thriller – Special Ops: Lioness – alongside Nicole Kidman, 56, and Zoe Saldana, 45.
But fans were left scratching their heads last night when he failed to appear on The One Show, despite being advertised as a guest.
While host Alex Jones, 46, told Nicole and Zoe she was “so gutted” he couldn’t make it, an explanation wasn’t given to viewers.
Today, Morgan – who struggles with fibromyalgia – had been expected to attend a morning photocall for his latest project at Savoy Place as well as an evening screening at the Tate Britain.
However, the Hollywood star didn’t make it to either and we’ve since been told that he’s been poorly.
Morgan’s representative told The Sun, “Mr. Freeman was not able to attend his planned trip to the UK because he had a contagious infection. He is fine now.”
Nicole and Zoe have ploughed ahead with the promo for their Paramount+ series, which centres around the CIA’s fictional Lioness Program.
Zoe plays Joe, who is trained by Nicole’s character Kaitlyn, and finds young navy female seals to put through the program.
She explained on the BBC show last night, “You follow Joe and how she wrestles with how this life takes a toll on her personal life and her family and marriage but how she’s unwilling to let the Kaitlyn down and fulfil a mission.”
Morgan’s character is called Edwin Mullins, but little is known about him at this time.
They filmed the show in Mallorca earlier this year and it will premiere on 23rd July.
Morgan developed fibromyalgia after a nearly fatal car crash in 2008.
His left hand was left paralysed and the actor has to wear a compression glove on the hand to keep the blood flowing.
During an interview with Esquire in 2012, interviewer Tom Chiarella explained: “It hurts when he walks, when he sits still, when he rises from his couch, and when he missteps in a damp meadow.
“More than hurts. It seems a kind of agony, though he never mentions it. Despite surgery to repair nerve damage, he was stuck with a useless left hand.
“It is stiffly gripped by a compression glove most of the time to ensure that blood doesn’t pool there. It is a clamp, his pain, an icy shot up a relatively useless limb.”