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Megan Behnke

‘All I Had To Do Was Tackle A Guy.’ The Painful Injury The Rookie’s Shawn Ashmore Suffered On Set

Shawn Ashmore
Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers in Season 7 of The Rookie.

The Rookie is gearing up for its long-awaited eighth season hitting the 2026 TV schedule, and there will be much to look forward to, even with some of the characters going international. Lots of intense action and fight scenes are on the way, some from characters you probably wouldn’t think of, including Shawn Ashmore’s Wesley Evers. The actor even recalled a painful injury that he suffered on set.

Those who have watched The Rookie know that, despite being a lawyer, Wes has gotten into some pretty high-stakes situations, and one of those situations was apparently so intense that Ashmore got hurt pretty badly. While attending Epic Cons Chicago 2 in 2024, Ashmore shared during a The Rookie cast panel (of which CinemaBlend was in attendance) that he broke his rib during a fight scene a couple of seasons ago. Ouch!

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