Barrymore's 'Whip It' injury

Actress Drew Barrymore poses onstage at the 'Whip It' press conference held at the Four Seasons Hotel on September 15, 2009 in Toronto, Canada. (Jason Merritt, Getty Images)

Drew Barrymore was left in agony on the set of Whip It - after a scene with Juliette Lewis turned nasty.

The actress donned her skates alongside Lewis and Ellen Page for the roller derby film, which also marked her directorial debut.

But the 34-year-old ended up nursing a painful leg injury when she took a nasty tumble.

She tells Britain's Empire magazine, "In one scene I wrestle Juliette Lewis. Her skate and both our body weights were on my thigh, so I ended up with a bruise a foot long and a foot wide. There's nothing hotter than a girl fight."