Rent: Live star Brennin Hunt describes how he got a "pretty brutal" ankle injury during dress rehearsal

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Hunt says his first thought after injuring his ankle was “I’ve ruined the show for everybody." Hunt says he was running through scaffolding down a flight of stairs during Saturday's dress rehearsal "when I jumped off and was turning the corner, my right foot just rolled on top and the top bone of my arch snapped. I went straight down. It was pretty brutal. It was so loud, I could hear it, even with my in-ear monitors in. I felt like it broke, but I was trying to tell myself that it didn’t. Yeah, it was pretty rough. But everybody showered me with love. Honestly, it turned out to be such a beautiful thing. It’s the essence of Rent: My family surrounded me giving me love, encouragement and positive energy. I couldn’t have asked for a better team of people around me."

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