Cristina Stanovici, 35, said it would have been “easier” if she had died after facing multiple ops for broken bones following the horror on the Warner Bros production in Glasgow last year.
The extra suffered a broken thigh, shin, hip, pelvis and thumb and a head gash in the film-set ordeal.
The 5ft 1in engineer was posing as a bystander in late-night scenes being filmed in Glasgow city centre when the camera-carrying machine ploughed into her.
She was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery hours later as docs battled to save her life.
Last night traumatised Cristina, who is taking legal action against movie bosses, recalled: “To hear the anaesthesiologist say ‘we had our fingers crossed for you’ really sends a chill down your spine.
“The surgeon told me it was one of the worst cases he has seen in his eight years at the hospital.”
The cursed superhero movie starring Leslie Grace was later scrapped by studio bosses before its release as Cristina faces more ops and remains in pain 18 months on.
She had been standing around as instructed by producers on set in the city’s Bothwell Street when she was sent flying by the collision.
Cristina, of Yoker, said: “They had a motorcycle with cameras on top of it that was filming.
“It hit me from the right side and I went flying in the air.
“I started screaming to get the attention of the paramedics as I remembered seeing an ambulance on site in the previous days.
“I lay there for almost an hour while they checked me and stabilised me.”
Cristina added: “Unfortunately, I didn’t lose my consciousness.
“The memory will forever traumatise me.”
She was rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where the extent of her horror injuries became clear.
She said: “I broke a lot of bones.
“My femur, my tibia plateau, my pubic bone, a lot of non-displaced fractures in the pelvis, a broken thumb, and laceration to the head.”
Then she went under the knife hours later — and almost didn’t survive.
Cristina revealed: “They did the femur surgery after approximately 10 hours.
“It lasted more than five hours, I had five blood transfusions and I almost died.”
Brave Cristina remained in hospital for nine days. She said: “I have a rod in my femur that goes from hip to knee.
“I was supposed to have two incisions, top and bottom but due to severe swelling they had to cut my whole leg to relieve the pressure.”
After three days in intensive care and another 24 hours on a ward, she underwent further surgery on her injured leg.
And her feelings of isolation were deepened when she tested positive for Covid — meaning she wasn’t allowed visitors.
Cristina said: “I went through what I hope to be the hardest times of my life alone.
“Even after 17 months, my leg still hurts and is weak.
“Not to mention it’s deformed, which adds to my trauma.
“This leg will need another one or two surgeries but it will never be the same again.
“The recovery was and is horrendous.”
At her lowest ebb, Cristina admitted to wondering if she’d have been better off dying rather than suffering such agonising injuries.
She added: “I am still in pain every single day, every single step.
“People might think it’s just a broken leg.
“No.
“It’s a tragedy, your body is wrecked and your mind follows.
“Many people, including me, who go through this think it would have been easier if they had died.”
Cristina has now instructed Thompsons solicitors to sue Warner Bros, the ill-fated movie’s makers.
She said: “I think conditions should be improved on movie sets.
“Especially now because Glasgow is chosen more and more as a city to film in and obviously they use extras from Glasgow.
“They should be thinking about them.
“I went there to have some fun, to see how it is, what making a movie involves.
“And look what happened.”
A report was filed with the Health and Safety Executive, which regulates workplace wellbeing.
Cristina landed the role via acting agency Casting Collective.
Last night a spokesman said: “We wish Cristina well in her continuing recovery.
“As the matters are in the hands of her lawyers, and are receiving attention from the film company involved, it isn’t appropriate for us to comment further.”
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