Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon has been forced to pull out of an event in support of US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders after being injured in a fall.
The 73-year-old Academy Award-winner said she suffered concussion, a fractured nose and a “banged up knee” following a “little slip”.
Sarandon shared a selfie to Instagram showing a swelling on her forehead.
The star of films including Thelma & Louise and Lorenzo’s Oil had been due to accompany Mr Sanders at a campaign event in the state of New Hampshire.
Mr Sanders, the senator for Vermont and a self-described socialist, is among the front-runners for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination ahead of next year’s election.
Sarandon apologised for not being able to make the event and shared the speech she had planned to make at the rally on Instagram.
She said the US is facing an “emergency”, citing climate change fears, the opioid crisis gripping the country and gun violence in schools across the country.
“This is not the time for a ‘pathway’ to or ‘framework’ for incremental change,” she said.
“Emergencies require bold, visionary leadership. Senator Sanders believes in us and that together a better world is possible.
“He has been fighting for social, racial and economic justice his entire life, long before running for President, often before it was acceptable. Now it’s time for us to fight for him.”
Sarandon has a long history of activism and was a vocal campaigner against the Iraq war.
She attracted criticism for refusing to endorse Hillary Clinton when she won the Democratic nomination in 2016.
