Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Amanda Wyss in A Nightmare on Elm Street

Heather Langenkamp wasn't the only one who had a hard time on the set of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Amanda Wyss played Tina Grey, the first teen to die on screen. For Wyss, however, it didn't feel like movie magic.

"The first spin around [the room] felt like I was falling, even though I was on the floor. Then I felt that if I wasn’t falling, everything was going to fall on me. It was terrible. We had to stop. The terror in my death scene was 75 percent real."

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