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welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 movie sequences that went
terribly wrong what is it you have six
fingers on your right hand
someone was looking for you i'll get you
my pretty and your little dog too
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for this list we're looking at motion
picture moments shots and sequences that
took disastrous turns for the worst
excluding onset deaths and incidents
involving stunt performers
be sure to let us know in the comments
which unfortunate instance had you
wincing the most
number 10 harrison ford and jj abrams
star wars episode 7 the force awakens
cheering
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we're home turns out harrison ford's
return to the millennium falcon
was a painful one while aboard han
solo's trusty spaceship on the set of
star wars the force awakens
a hydraulic door unexpectedly slammed
down on the actor
knocking him to the ground and pinning
his ankle beneath its weight
this one that one dislocated the ankle
forward hey that's worth a lot of money
that's an original and then making
matters worse
when director j.j abrams jumped in to
assist with lifting the door off the
star
he ended up breaking his own back it
felt like i was doing like one of those
like incredible hulk lifting the car
off a friend someone you love except for
i was not the hulk
no there was no gamma radiation i could
not lift the door and uh
i broke my back and while harrison's
damaged leg healed rather quickly
jj was forced to wear a back brace for
the remainder of filming
as for ford's speedy recovery perhaps
han said it best
you know sometimes i amaze even myself
number nine
bruce willis die hard die hard reigns as
a celebrated action film
a hotly debated christmas movie and the
cause of bruce willis's hearing
impairment
you're saying
yep turns out the movie star suffered
permanent inner ear damage while on the
set as officer john mclean
the incident stems from director john
mctiernan's request to have extra-loud
blanks used for added realism
and so in the scene where mclean takes
out a terrorist by shooting him while
underneath a table
willis lost two-thirds of his hearing
due to the volume
intensity in the restrictive area
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thankfully the actor persevered even
returning to the die hard franchise with
four more outings
guess you can't keep a good mclean down
on your tombstone
it's really always in the wrong place at
the wrong time
how about it
number eight ellen burstin the exorcist
you're gonna die up there
1973's horror classic the exorcist is
often praised for its eerily realistic
acting
but in one particular scene actress
ellen burstin's pain
wasn't just acting the moment in
question comes when twelve-year-old
reagan mcneil
in a full bout of possession strikes
burstin's matriarch character
sending her flying across the room
the fall was achieved by having a rig
placed under her waist
all while a crew member yanked at a wire
to send her soaring the force was too
strong however and the incident resulted
in a permanent spinal injury that's
plagued the actress for well over 40
years
you see me hit and you see me reach for
my back
i screamed in horrendous pain
billy motioned to owen to tilt the
camera down on me
this is definitely not the lasting
production memory one wishes for
number seven margaret hamilton the
wizard of oz
from judy garland's infamous strict diet
to buddy epson's tin man makeup reaction
the wizard of oz had no shortage of
onset incidents
but perhaps the scariest instance
occurred during the filming of the
wicked witches exit from munchkinland
the scene which sees margaret hamilton's
character descend in a blaze of fire
turns dire when the flames rose too
quickly scorching the actress in the
process
i'll get you my pretty and your little
dog
too the ordeal gave hamilton
second-degree burns
not to mention the incredibly painful
experience of having her green paint
removed from her burned skin with
alcohol
dear scarecrow wanna play ball
margaret returns to the set just a few
short months later but naturally had one
request
no more fire yo
look what you've done
number six linda hamilton terminator 2
judgement day
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with all the barrage of bullets and
explosions action flicks can get pretty
loud
but you don't need to tell linda
hamilton that while shooting a sequence
for the blockbuster terminator sequel
hamilton made the error of forgetting to
insert her earplugs between
takes the detrimental scene sees linda's
character escape a psychiatric hospital
with her son john and the good guy
terminator
but when they head into an elevator an
intense shootout with a t-1000 goes down
it's here that the actress was subjected
to the unadulterated sounds of extreme
gunfire
while linda continues to suffer hearing
loss in one ear it didn't stop her from
returning to the franchise 28 years
later to take out more
terminator scum
number five carrie elwis the princess
bride
sometimes actors bring their own
suggestions to set
sometimes those suggestions don't go as
planned as was the case with carrie
elvis during the filming of the princess
bride
one particular sequence required actor
christopher guest
to hit elvis's character in the head
with a sword in order to knock him out
he's supposed to knock me out with the
butt of his sword we didn't have any
kind of rubber sword and so i stupidly
spoke up and said chris
just tap me lightly it'll be fine
unfortunately the scene wasn't working
on account of guest
being too gentle with his fellow actor
ellis proposed the sword strike be made
more realistic
so that he could react authentically we
are men of action
lies do not become us this proved
problematic however as the resulting
blow
sent elwis to the hospital in an
unconscious state
what is it you have six fingers on your
right hand
someone was looking for you on the plus
side the take provided the right amount
of believability
making it into the final cut where am i
number four brad pitt seven
for an actor who has participated in a
fair share of on-screen
fisticuffs gladiator battles and
gunfights it's rather surprising that
brad pitt's most serious onset injury
was the result of
rain during filming of the infamous
alley chase scene in david fincher's
morbid thriller seven
brad slipped on the slickly wet ground
while his character was in hot pursuit
of the killer
worse the actor's misstep took him
through a car windshield
resulting in a severed tendon in his arm
that went all the way to the bone
for the rest of the film pit can be seen
wearing an actual cast as the filmmakers
had to write the injury into the script
luckily enough it ended up working quite
well for the movie
number three tom cruise mission
impossible
fallout notorious for doing his own
stunts
tom cruise has done everything from
hanging off the door of a cargo plane to
scale the world's tallest skyscraper
but not all of the movie star's
death-defying feats go according to plan
while filming a scene for mission
impossible fallout cruz badly
miscalculated a jump
from one building rooftop to another
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the actor came slightly short of his
target and ended up breaking his ankle
in the process yeah
here we go here we go oh my gosh so he
jumps that speed that momentum
here we go and now watch that what's
this
but because tom cruise is apparently
near superhuman
he immediately gave it another go in
order to get the shot
from there however he went straight to
the hospital i knew i broke it instantly
so you're down
now anyone else would go well that's
over no rpgs
number two sylvester stallone rocky iv
the russian brute known as drago
famously ended apollo creed's career and
life in the fourth installment of the
rocky series
turns out the boxing behemoth was just
as deadly during the filming of the
movie as well
with franchise star sylvester stallone
being the unfortunate victim
following stallone's directions dolph
lundgren went full
force during the pair's climactic boxing
match literally
pulling no punches
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the resulting body blows sent stallone
to the emergency room where his life was
in serious danger
the bombs lundgren threw at his co-star
were so hard
that his heart slammed against his
breastbone causing it to swell
but in true rocky fashion stallone beat
the proverbial 10 count
and returned to finish the job before we
unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
channing tatum puts his head through a
wall
fox catcher
michael imperioli breaks his hand
goodfellas
[ __ ] come on don't get me upset now
come on robert pattinson
tears his butt cheek twilight on the
first
the first scene on the first day yeah
first shot for sure i think so well done
then had to get a physiotherapist to
have a
butt cheek massage afterwards which was
just
wonderful daniel craig loses the tip of
his finger
quantum of solace
george clooney injures his back siriana
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number one jackie chan armor of god
all stunts can be dangerous no matter
where they fall on the routine scale
exhibit a 1986's armor of god
directed written and starring jackie
chan the martial arts master found
himself
seriously close to having his lights
permanently turned out
when a rather simple stunt went
incredibly wrong shooting the second
take of a sequence requiring chan to
make a short jump from a wall
to a tree the action star's hands
slipped on a branch
resulting in a plunge to the ground
the fall fractured jackie's skull and
required emergency surgery to have bone
removed from his brain
the surgery proved successful however
and despite the now permanent plastic
plug in his head
the legendary actor didn't slow down one
iota
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