Ali Wong says she and costar Steven Yeun 'broke out in hives' after filming ... trends now

Ali Wong detailed the intense toil filming her new Netflix series, Beef, took on her body during a candid Q&A at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. 

In response to a fan's question about how she and costar Steven Yeun unwound after 'performing such explosive anger' on set, the 40-year-old actress said their bodies simply 'shut down.'

'Steven and I both broke out in hives after the show. Mine was on my face. His was all over his body because he's weak like that,' she said, according to Variety.

She continued: 'It definitely took a toll on us, but we didn't even realize until after the show ended. I mean, I won't even talk about what happened to your elbow.'

The stand-up comedian went on to admit that if they both 'knew that was going to happen' she and Yeun, 39, might not have put her 'bodies and minds through' the project.

'Maybe we wouldn't have said yes, but we're really glad we did,' the mother-of-two concluded. 

Beef, created Lee Sung Jin, was inspired by his own road rage after a white BMW thant kinked and cursed him out. 

'It didn’t end like it did in the show — that’s why I’m here, able to talk to you today — but it definitely made me think about how we live in such subjective realities where we project onto people we don’t know,' he recalled. 

During the Q&A, Yeun confessed to following the vehicle out of anger.

According to its synopsis, Beef 'follows two strangers whose lives converge during a road rage incident.'

Wong's latest show comes after recently opening up about her divorce from Justin Hakuta in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. 

'I did not expect the

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