Major Accidents That Happened On The Set of a Film

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During a particularly violent scene, Robert Downey Jr. was interrogating Halle Berry’s character by holding her down and attempting to physically intimidate her into giving him the information he wanted. Downey, unfortunately, did not know his own strength and he snapped Berry’s ulna, audibly. Downey nearly broke her radius as well, which is the other bone in the human forearm that matches up with the ulna. 

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The More You Know

  • Executive producer of Toy Story and Chief Pixar shareholder Steve Jobs picked Bob Dylan as his first choice to write and perform the soundtrack to the film over Randy Newman.
  • That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.
  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
  • Robert Ludlum, the creator of the Jason Bourne series, died while the first Bourne film was in post-production.
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