Moriarty Filmed Boys Episode While Losing Ability to Walk
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- Erin Moriarty said Season 5, Episode 4 ('King of Hell') of The Boys was filmed at the peak of her health issues, before she was diagnosed with Graves' disease last May
- Moriarty shared on Instagram Story that she began losing the ability to walk during production, with numbness in her feet causing repeated falls
- Moriarty wrote that the night before shooting her segment of the episode, she fell and 'shredded up' her knee, noting she has few behind-the-scenes photos from the season as her condition worsened
- Moriarty described Graves' disease as an autoimmune disorder that can cause heat sensitivity, weight loss, tremors, irregular heartbeat, and Graves' ophthalmopathy, and said she felt 'the light coming back on' within 24 hours of starting treatment
- Moriarty urged others not to dismiss symptoms as stress and fatigue, writing that if she hadn't, 'I would've caught this sooner'
Why it matters: Moriarty's account puts a high-profile spotlight on how autoimmune diseases can be misread as stress — a point she made directly, saying she 'chalked it all up to stress and fatigue' for a month before diagnosis. For an actress filming physically demanding scenes while progressively losing mobility, it underscores how silently these conditions can escalate and why early screening matters.
