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While filming 2017’s “Wind River” in Utah, Elizabeth Olsen developed a medical condition called snow blindness which left her eyes sunburnt and bloodshot (via DailyMotion). The “WandaVision” actor appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2016 and explained that she wasn’t fully blind, but due to filming on snowy mountains at 10,000 to 11,000 feet elevation, she didn’t protect her eyes as she should have. She explained that she figured she was fine and wanted to enjoy the sun while filming in the cold environment and refused to use an umbrella or protective goggles when they were offered. “My eyes were so bloodshot that I was continually weeping,” Olsen said.
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Olsen also spoke to ScreenRant in August 2017 once “Wind River” was finally released and spoke about the experience again. “I didn’t actually go blind, but that is what everyone was like that’s what snow blindness is,” she said. She then explained that “the ice is just reflectors” of the sun “straight into your eyeballs.” Without proper protection, you, too, could develop bloody eyes like Olsen’s. Jeremy Renner, her co-star on this and other projects, told ScreenRant that despite the tough cold, filming in that weather is a “beautiful thing.” “It’s unapologetic sort of storytelling and raw and truthful. The elements, as well as the writing, work together.”
