Emma Watson has revealed that she fell ill because of director Darren Aronofsky's refusal to let actors drink bottled water on the set of 'Noah'.
In a quest for authenticity and to echo the ethics of the movie's subject matter, the director banned his cast from bottles in favour of creating a 'pro-environment' message on set.
But a combination of the ruling and the actress being tired and 'delirious' because of 4am starts, she accidentally drank a mug full of stagnant water.
“Because of the storm, Douglas [Booth] and I ended up shooting most of our scenes between 4am and 7am - and at that time I never function well,” she told Wonderland magazine.
“Because the film has a pro-environment message, Darren didn't want anyone drinking from plastic water bottles on set either. So that made things slightly harder.
“Everything we used had to be recycled or recyclable. Having no water bottles on set at five in the morning - when you're exhausted and delirious - wasn't ideal.
“I was so tired one morning I picked up a mug from my trailer and drank some stagnant water that had been there for the duration - so three months. I was so ill.”
But rather than give her the day off, Aronofsky insisted the ailing actress use her illness in the day's filming.
“I came in the next day and was like, 'Darren, I don't think I can do this, I'm really sick',” she said.
“He was like, 'Use it for the scene.' And I turned round to the bus and was like, 'Is he joking? He is joking right?' and there was deadly silence.”
She added that she wasn't the only actor on set to suffer through unpleasant conditions while making the epic.
“We started filming in the summer in New York. It was so hot that Ray Winstone at one point, who wore a beard and heavy make-up, nearly fell down a flight of stairs,” she said.
“His make-up was literally melting off his face. Then we decided to shoot the soaking wet scenes. We literally went through all the seasons.”
The film, which also stars Russell Crowe as the Biblical boat builder, is due out on April 4.
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