strange & coincidental accidents on movie sets
So today we're going to be looking into the world of the most Accident prone actors
It's inevitable that actors are going to get hurt on set from time to time
But, that doesn't mean that their injuries are always come about
In a manner that you would expect.
I've found some of the most coincidental and strange on set stories that I hope you find
entertaining
Anyways with all that being said let's get started.
So first up is Brad Pitt in "Troy"
Where Brad plays the role of Achilles.
Greek mythology tells the tale of Achilles being invulnerable in all of his body Except
for his heel!
In a cruel twist of fate while filming a battle scene with Eric Bana.
Whilst performing a jump strike manoeuvre Brad landed awkwardly and tore his left Achilles
tendon!
now if that is not a coincidence I don't know what is!
As a result
the remaining scenes of the film were put on hold for several months until Brads heel
recovered
Brad also had an accident in the movie Seven�
There is a scene where his character chases the movies antagonist John Doe in the rain
While running Brad fell and his arm went straight through a car windscreen!
which required surgery!
This accident was written into the script to explain why he had a cast over his arm
Coincidentally the original script did call for Pitt's character to be injured during
this sequence
but just not to his hand
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky 4
Demanding a sense of realism in the boxing match between�
Rocky Balboa�and�Ivan Draygo,
Sylvester Stallone and�Dolph Lundgren�agreed to legitimately spar with each other!
After Lundgren delivered a set of hard punch to his fellow actors chest
Stallone was airlifted from�Canada�to a Hospital in California and placed on intensive
care for several days
Lundgrens punch caused Stallone's heart to swell up which lead his blood pressure to
exceed 200
Sir Anthony Hopkins in "The Edge"
As a result of neck problems
Hopkins was taking pain killers while filming in Alberta, Canada
During one of the scenes
Anthony fell into a freezing cold river
Not realising how cold the water was due to his Medication
He started to show all the symptoms of hypothermia!
which led to him been rushed to hospital!
Hilary Swank in "P.S.
I Love You"
While filming a scene where her co star Gerard Butler does a striptease
His suspenders became ensnared and one of the buckles snapped back and slapped Hilary
right in the face!
The consequence of this mishap was several stitches
and a perfect outline of where the suspender clip hit her Forehead
Tom Cruise in "Jack Reacher"
Tom shot a scene where he had to kick an actor in the groin over and over again
In theory, this sounds like more grief for the man on the receiving end
but after so many kicks
it was Toms foot that began to swell up.
The actor had to constantly loosen his shoelaces between takes in order to make it through
the scene.
Sienna Miller in "G.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
During a special effects explosion misfire while filming
Sienna's chest caught fire!
Igniting the area between her breasts
The breasts, fortunately
went unharmed
and the cleavage also made a full recovery as well
Jim cavii-zel in "The Passion of the Christ"
Actor Jim, who played the son of God
Sustained multiple injuries during the final scene including
Actual gashes from the whipping
Hypothermia
and shoulder separation due to lugging around a giant cross!
However
if you think that sounds bad
Right before filming the Sermon on the Mount scene
Jim was struck by lightning!
And both sides of his head caught fire!
Ben Stiller in "Along Came Polly"
While filming a scene with the ferret " Rudolfo"
�Ben Stiller�was bitten on the chin by the�ferret,
requiring a rabies shot!
According to Stiller,
The ferret "literally attached himself to my chin and then he didn�t let go.
He was holding on to my chin".
Channing Tatum in The Eagle�
When filming in a freezing river, actors have a mixture of boiling hot water and river water
poured
down their suits to stay warm
A crew member forgot to mix the hot water with the river water during filming
as a result�
Channing was scalded with boiling water that burned the skin off the tip of his penis
To quote the actor "It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life"
Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange"
While filming the iconic brainwashing scene from this classic Stanley Kubrick's flick
Malcolm not only had his cornea badly scratched in the process
But also suffered from temporary blindness as a result of having his eyes propped open
for so long.
In fact, the doctor applying the drops in the film was an actual doctor
Who had to administer the drops every 15 seconds to avoid permanent blindness.
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