James Norton has revealed the ‘painful’ injury he suffered which threatened to halt filming for King and Conqueror.

The new BBC drama, which is set to launch on August 24, tells the tale of King Harold (Norton) and William the Conqueror’s (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) fight for England in 1066.

The 40-year-old star, who has been linked to the role of James Bond this year, was in rehearsals just days before a scheduled break when he broke his collarbone after falling off a horse.

‘In some of the battle scenes in the latter half of the shoot, I’m yelping very loudly and the yelps are pretty authentic,’ he told The Times.

‘I fell off a horse and I landed on my shoulder. Actually it was a remarkably quick recovery and it didn’t affect shooting. Luckily we dealt with it. The collarbone recovers v

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