Melissa Rauch ‘almost broke her head’ training for The Bronze

Actress Melissa Rauch ‘almost broke her head ten times’ learning gymnastics for her role in The Bronze.
The Big Bang Theory star plays a foul-mouthed former Olympic bronze medallist who reluctantly trains a rising star in the comedy-drama, and to convince as a gymnast, Melissa underwent training with a Russian coach.
However, her lack of athleticism or prior gym skills made the experience difficult for Melissa, who almost injured herself on many occasions.
“I am the most non-athletic person you will ever meet,” she tells New York Post gossip column Page Six. “I did take gymnastic lessons for the movie to the chagrin of the Russian coach I was working with, who thought I was insane for starting lessons at 30-something…
“She was very confused by me. I learned to walk across the beam and do a dip… but I almost broke my head 10 times.”
Melissa, who co-wrote the script with her husband Winston, also brought her new gymnastic skills to her wild, graphic sex scene with Captain America star Sebastian Stan.
“We wrote it as ‘the most crazy epic gymnastic sex scene ever,’” Rauch previously told Vulture.com. “It really was a porno script, essentially. But Sebastian was so fantastic and he went for so much of it. He could have just said, ‘Have my body double do it,’ and instead he came to set in his robe and said, ‘Okay, let’s do this.’”
Melissa opted for a body double for the more graphic moments, and she admits she wishes the dancer could double her permanently.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Festival to mixed reviews and its release was repeatedly pushed back until this weekend (18-20Mar16) when it became a U.S. box office flop.
The R-rated movie took around $421,000 (£292,000) from 1,167 theatres nationwide, meaning it only made $361 (£250) per cinema. It failed to reach the top ten, which is lead by the animated movie Zootopia for the third week running. It took $38 million (£26 million) over the weekend.