Chuck Star Hospitalized for Head Bang

Thu., Oct. 23, 2008 12:44 PM PDT by Ken Baker and Josh Grossberg

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Zachary Levi is a headbanger—and not in a good way.

The star of NBC's Chuck was briefly hospitalized at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center earlier this week after accidentally banging his head on the set during filming, E! News has learned.

According to a source, Levi was running to shoot a scene when he ducked under part of the set and knocked his head against a camera. He was transported to the hospital, where he had staples put in his head to close a gash.

A doctor subsequently ordered him to go home, but the 28-year-old thesp instead opted to go back to work, not wanting to delay production.

"They were shooting at a location that they didn't have for very long, so he refused to go home and instead went back so they could keep shooting and stay on schedule," the insider says.

A rep for Chuck confirmed the accident occurred but declined to comment further.

Levi plays a computer geek who moonlights as a government operative on the hit NBC series, which was cocreated by Josh Schwartz of The O.C. fame. The network gave Chuck last month a full 22-episode for the 2008-2009 season, its second.