Who would have thought that being an actor was so hazardous?
Turns out that being on a TV or film set is a lot more dangerous than it may seem!
Who would have thought that being an actor was so hazardous?
Turns out that being on a TV or film set is a lot more dangerous than it may seem!
While filming Quantico, Priyanka suffered from a concussion after falling.
"It was raining and the roads were wet and I was in rubber boots and we were running out of time. I wasn’t warned of the conditions that were outside before we went and me and my colleague, both of us fell and we were both rushed to the ER,” she told People.
Jennifer injured her ear on set while filming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
“I went deaf in one ear for months… But that wasn’t actually physically challenging,” she told Vanity Fair.
While filming _The Eagle _, Channing had to submerge himself in freezing cold water for a scene. In order to prep, crew members would pour hot water onto the actors.
A crew member accidentally poured boiling water onto Channing, burning his skin off where the sun don't shine, for lack of a better term.
"I had five guys looking at my shriveled, burned penis.” But luckily he recovered just fine. "I'm good... now. My penis is fantastic! One hundred percent recovered. Put me back in the game, coach.”
While filming The Lone Ranger in 2013, Johnny fell off of his horse and was dragged for 25 yards before being nearly trampled.
“My horse had it in for me,” he said.
While filming a scene for Mission: Impossible 6, Tom was attached to a harness, jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Unfortunately he didn't stick the landing every time. He ended up falling short and crashed into the side of the building.
While doing back flips for the movie Æon Flux, Charlize accidentally landed on her neck and herniated a disk close to her spine.
“That injury scared me – I was almost paralyzed,” she said.
While filming the scene in Titanic when her giant coat gets caught on the gate and she is submerged in the water, Kate said: “I had to sort of shimmy out of the coat to get free,” adding “I had no breath left. I thought I’d burst. And [director James Cameron] just said, ‘Okay, let’s go again.’ That was his attitude. I didn’t want to be a wimp so I didn’t complain.”
The production of Maze Runner: The Death Cure came to an unexpected halt when Dylan suffered from a “concussion, facial fracture, and lacerations” after performing a stunt.
He was “in a harness on top of a moving vehicle when he was pulled off the vehicle unexpectedly and hit by another vehicle.”
While filming Salt, Angelina accidentally scraped her face while performing a stunt. “I was bleeding and I have a little scar now,” she said in an interview.
While filming The Pact, Ike fell and injured his neck. He fractured two cervical vertebrae.
“I have to wear an incredibly stylish neck brace for a while as the bone heals. It’s a cool look, especially in the summer,” he said.
“There was this scene where I was taped to a chair and getting beaten up, and we did quite a few takes. The chair was kicked over and I hit my head,” George explained about the injury he got while filming Syriana.
Harrison fell on his leg while performing a stunt, filming Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens — causing production to be put on pause for two weeks.
Jeremy broke both of his arms while filming the movie Tag.
“It was a stunt — falling off a stack of chairs like 20 feet. And the chairs didn’t fall, but I fell onto my arms,” he told Jimmy Fallon.
In the movie Premium Rush, Joseph plays the role of a bike messenger.
While filming, he lost control of his bike, fell off, and landed on his wrist. He had to get 31 stitches on his forearm.
Liam kicked a mannequin and hurt his ankle while filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2. Luckily, it wasn't a serious injury and he was able to go right back to filming the next day.
While on set filming Django Unchained, Leo slammed his hand onto a glass. His hand was bleeding out profusely for several minutes, but he remained in character the entire time.
While filming P.S. I Love You with Gerard Butler, one of his suspender straps snapped off and whipped Hilary directly in the face, and she ended up needing stitches.
Orlando AKA Legolas, accidentally fell off of his horse while filming The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and cracked a few of his ribs.
While filming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Sienna obtained a very unique injury. Her chest literally caught on fire, and burnt right through her top.
In 2004, while filming Troy, Brad actually ruptured his Achilles tendon after landing the wrong way after a jump. His injury put him out of commission for three months.
During a driving scene in The Expendables 3, Jason drove into the Black Sea and almost drowned.
“It’s the closest I’ve ever been to drowning… It was a very harrowing experience,” he said.
In 2012, Halle was filming a fight scene for the movie The Call. She ended up falling and slamming her head onto the floor, knocking herself out.
In 2013, while filming the water tank scene in Now You See Me, Isla actually got stuck in the tank and nearly drowned.
“I was in a tank of water … even though I had a quick release magnetic thing on my handcuffs, the chain that went between my ankles and my wrists was not able to be broken and it got stuck underneath the slot and I was trapped,” she explained.
While filming Iron Man 3, Robert sprained his ankle after performing a dangerous stunt. Production was brought to a halt for six weeks.
It turns out Joey wearing a sling wasn't just apart of the storyline. He actually dislocated his shoulder while filming the episode "The One Where No One's Ready."
"Chandler and I are fighting over the big down chair. I'm downstage at the table, and he comes in the door, we both look at each other, look at the chair, and neither one of us is sitting in it, so we both race to the chair, and I have to just step over the coffee table and land in this big, huge, comfortable chair. I don't even think it qualifies as a stunt. And somehow, I ended up completely upside down and I was gonna land on my head between the table and the chair, so I put my arm up to break my fall, and just exploded my shoulder," he said.