Edward Norton claims he’s fine now. Surgery wasn’t required. Rest, massages and swimming are helping him recover.
Like many civilians who ride, celebrities also take a tumble now and then from their mounts. In 2006 both Madonna and Matthew Broderick fell from horses and both suffered broken collar bones. Now, two-time Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton broke three vertebrae during a riding accident on the set of his current film, "The Painted Veil." Much of the film was shot in China.
Just before filming began for a horseback scene, Norton began galloping the animal. It isn’t certain whether the horse tossed Norton or he merely slipped off, but he ended up with what seemed like a wrenched back. A trip to a doctor in Hong Kong revealed that he had fractured three thoracic vertebrae.