The actress rose to fame by playing Kate Austen in the hit series Lost, which aired from 2004 to 2010, before going on to star in Marvel films including Ant-Man and Avengers: Endgame
Lost star Evangeline Lilly shared a gruesome image of her bloodied, injured face after she fell into a boulder while on the beach. The actress, who also starred in the Marvel films, fainted while enjoying a day at the beach, falling face-first into a boulder, chipping a tooth.
The 45-year-old described the horrific accident to her followers, explaining how she was even hospitalised, with nurses and doctors left frantically trying to get to the bottom of her fall. She wrote: “I fainted at the beach. And fell face first into a boulder.”
The Ant-Man star continued: “At the hospital, the nurses and doctor went straight into action, more determined to find the cause of my blackout than to stitch up the hole punctured into my face by the rock. I smiled wryly at them. ‘You won’t find anything.’ I said with a woozy voice…”
But Evangeline’s boulder ordeal wasn’t the first time she’s dealt with random “fainting spells”, with the star coming up with a theory behind her sudden-onset episodes. The star was even checked by medical professionals who were stumped by her condition, and was tested for epilepsy.
Evangeline explained more in a Substack post: “For a good chunk of my life, I went with that – hypoglycemia. It added up — my metabolism is through the roof and I metabolise sugars, particularly, with [shocking] efficiency.”
But after her fasting glucose levels and iron were all confirmed to be in the normal range, Evangeline believes there is something more mystical at play. She added: “I have come to believe that this ‘checking out’ is a result of my little soul reaching her limit of what she feels she can cope with in this life, and she ‘leaves the building,’ so to speak.”
Evangeline elaborated on her “unmedical” theory in her post. She wrote: “That when she has had enough, when the pain becomes too great, the stresses beyond overwhelming, the shattered idealism crushing, my soul exits my body and returns to pure spirit.”
The Canadian star, who drew criticism during the Covid pandemic for refusing to self-isolate, also proposed changes to the healthcare system. She wrote: “I can picture hospitals where doctors are trained not just in biology, but also in philosophy and the mystic arts of healing; where patients are held not pushed along, seen not filed, heard not interrogated; where nurses are trusted not suspected, where doctors are given space to consult their deepest self when solving the hardest riddles.”
She added that her partner told her she looks like she “dies” when she has her attacks. The Reel Steel actress added: “He gets very afraid. My eyes roll back in my head, and all life leaves my body.
“He is constantly checking my nose and mouth for breath. This time was no exception. He wasn’t with me at the beach, but on the way to the hospital I blacked out again.”
Evangeline made the decision to step away from acting in June 2024, after initially rising to fame when she played Kate Austen in the ABC hit series Lost. Telling her fans with an Instagram video, the mother-of-two wrote: “I am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision.
“Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings. Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfilment. I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong.”
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