The ‘Saw’ and ‘Stranger Things’ star posted a photo of his injury on Instagram.

Cary Elwes has said he’s “recovering well” in hospital after being bitten by a rattlesnake.

After sustaining the injury over the weekend, the actor, who has been in films such as The Princess Bride and the Saw franchise, thanked employees at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles in an Instagram post on April 25.

“Bit not by a ROUS, but a rattlesnake,” Elwes said in the post, pointing to his damaged finger and referencing The Princess Bride.

“Grateful to the staff of Malibu Urgent Care, LA County Fire Dept. and the staff and medical professionals at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for their great care. And recovering well thanks to all these wonderful folks.”

Wrote Stranger Things co-star Randy Havens in response.”Oh my gosh Cary!  Please feel better! Sending healing thoughts your way.”

The actor was bitten by a rattlesnake near his Malibu house on Saturday (April 23), according to TMZ, and was rushed to the hospital.

In the third season of Stranger Things, Elwes portrayed Mayor Larry Kline. The fourth season will be released in two instalments, the first on May 27 and the second on July 1.

In the original Saw, he also played Dr. Lawrence Gordon. In an interview with NME in 2019, he explained how a little sequence encouraged him to take the part.

“The two of them [James Wan and Leigh Whannell] had put together a short fifteen-minute scene in which Leigh played Shawnee Smith’s role stuck in that reverse-bear trap. You could already tell just from watching that footage that this was going to be something really interesting and unlike anything else.

“I was already sold on the script alone but that short just really sold it.”

Elwes will act opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 7, which will be released on July 14, 2023.