Robert De Niro gives update after tearing his quad muscle on Martin Scorsese flick: 'The pain was excruciating'

Robert De Niro is recovering after injuring his leg on the set of his new movie Killers of the Flower Moon.

De Niro, 77, revealed he's carrying on with the Martin Scorsese project despite being in "excruciating pain."

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"I tore my quad somehow," the Oscar Winner told IndieWire.

"It's just a simple stepping over something and I just went down," he said. "The pain was excruciating and now I have to get it fixed. But it happens, especially when you get older, you have to be prepared for unexpected things. But it's manageable."

The actor said the incident wouldn't impact his performance. He's starring as William Hale in the flick.

"What I'm doing with Scorsese in Killers of the Flower Moon, I'm pretty much a sedentary character in a way. I don't move around a lot, thank God. So we'll manage," De Niro said. "I just have to get the procedure done and keep it straight in a certain position and let it heal."

READ MORE: Robert De Niro leg injury won't impact Scorsese production

Last week, it was reported De Niro had sought medical attention, but that the accident wouldn't delay production.

"While at his on-location home in Oklahoma for the filming of Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, Robert De Niro injured his quadriceps muscle which will be treated medically in New York," the statement read. "This will not affect production as he was not scheduled to film again for another three weeks."

The movie also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, and Lily Gladstone, and is scheduled to debut later this year, with a budget of around US$200 million (approx. $259 million).

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