Change image of an animated actor

I have an animated actor and when it collides with another actor I want to change the image of my character to a new image(one of him in a boost). This does not seem to work unless I switch off the initial animation on the actor. Can anyone help with this issue?
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if actor collides with rock ...then change image to broken ..OTHERWISE..animate (insert main animation here).
give that a go...hope it helps.