Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Diane Kruger in Inglorious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to taking things too far. Diane Kruger played Bridget von Hammersmark, a film actress in Nazi Germany and a spy for the Allies in 2009's Inglorious Basterds. During the scene in which her character is strangled, something went grievously wrong: Tarantino didn't want Kruger to be in any more danger than necessary, so he chose to choke the actress himself, but he didn't yell "cut" in time. Kruger passed out from lack of oxygen.

Kruger later spoke about the incident, recognizing that it was an accident and asserting that working with Tarantino was nothing other than "pure joy."

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