Overview
- Steadman said her recovery took eight to nine months and she has only recently stopped using a walking stick.
- She described tripping on an uneven concrete path at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, breaking metatarsal bones and injuring her hand.
- Photos on her return to the UK showed her in a wheelchair with a bandaged hand and an injured leg during the early stages of recovery.
- The actress compared the foot injury to David Beckham’s metatarsal fracture, noting the severity of the pain.
- She is voicing Grumblestunk in the new children’s series Stan & Gran on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and says she has no plans to retire as she approaches 80.