Major Accidents That Happened On The Set of a Film

 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Han Solo may have been the man to shoot first, but he definitely did not see this hydraulic door mishap coming. Harrison Ford horrifically broke his ankle while filming a scene in which Han solo stands in front of a hydraulic door while it closes. The door came off of its hinges and trapped Ford’s calf underneath it, breaking his ankle at a 90-degree angle. After only 4 months of recovery and one surgery, Ford was ready to finish shooting the scene.

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The More You Know

  • Charles Bronson, Britain's most violent prisoner, actually shaved his trademark mustache off so Tom Hardy could wear it during the filming of "Bronson", which was based on his life in prison.
  • During the filming of Snow Buddies (an ‘Air Bud’ spinoff), five puppies died.
  • Enya was James Cameron’s first choice to compose the music for Titanic.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
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