Brian May fails to recognise blood-soaked famous wife after shocking on-set accident

guitarist couldn’t recognise his own wife, , after she transformed for new zombie series, Generation Z. Talking about the show, Anita confessed: “I sent my husband [Queen guitarist, Sir Brian May] a photo of me from the set when I was a bit bloodied up and he couldn’t speak, he just asked, ‘Is this my wife?’” Anita, who plays Janine in the series, adds, “I also had a baptism of blood on my first day when they over-packed a blood bag and it went everywhere.

"It was in my eyes, up my nose, in my ears – everyone got soaked. The walls were soaked and everyone was hysterically laughing.” Brian and Anita have been married for 23 years and first met at a film preview shortly after Anita joined the cast as Angie Watts. More recently, Brian shared the news to his fans in September of this year on social media, but reassured them that he was still able to play guitar.

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The musician had also suffered a heart attack in 2020. Speaking about his latest health scare, he said: "I'm here to bring you, first of all, some good news, I think. The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days. I say this because it was in some doubt, because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago - what they called it was a minor stroke. And all of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn't have any control over this arm. So it was a little scary, I have to say."

Meanwhile, Anita will be starring in Ben Wheatley’s latest creation, Generation Z. It’s a satirical drama, and for Anita, her first time in a zombie role, she said: “I’ve never done anything like this before. I thought, at my age, I should give everything a go.” In the series, Generation Z are at first not aware of what’s going on – that is until Anita’s character Janine becomes infected and attacks her granddaughter Kelly, played by Buket Komur.

“When it comes to Kelly, Janine just wants to infect her so they can be together – she doesn’t want to kill her,” says Anita. “After Janine gets infected, she goes through the motions of horror and wants to know what’s happening to her. But suddenly, she finds all the things that she felt when she was young. There’s a desire to go out there and do things, to stand up for herself and she’s got the power to do that. Janine’s completely fearless and doesn’t want that to change.”

Watch Generation Z on Sunday 27 October, 9pm, Channel 4

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