Major Accidents That Happened On The Set of a Film

 Rocky IV

Although he wasn’t necessarily supposed to ask for this, Stalone asked Dolph Lundgren to actually punch him in the chest in order to make the scene where Rocky fights Ivan Drago more realistic. Lundgren obliged, but he hit Stalone so hard that a vessel in his heart swelled up and he had to be rushed to the hospital. Lundgren was the first one to reach Stalone while he was in the ICU, as a joke, he told Stalone that he could have one clean shot at his chest. Stalone laughed, and politely declined the offer. 

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The More You Know

  • The many parts turned down by Sean Connery include roles in The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Indy IV and Blade Runner.
  • Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
  • Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
  • Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
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