Major Accidents That Happened On The Set of a Film

The Expendables 2

This huge budget action flick took a tragic turn when stuntman Kun Liu got caught in a terrible accident caused by faulty pyrotechnics. Liu was supposed to stage a hand to hand combat scene on a boat that was supposed to explode right as he got away. Tragically, the explosives on the boat set off unpredictably, killing Liu and injuring another stunt actor, Nou Sun. A wrongful death lawsuit was filed but was eventually dismissed because of liability waivers that each actor had to sign at the beginning of the filming period. 

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The More You Know

  • While filming ‘The Machinist,’ Christian Bale only ate an apple and a can of tuna each day. His goal was to weigh 100 pounds before producers stopped him.
  • During the filming of The Grinch, Jim Carrey sought counseling from a Navy SEAL to learn torture-resistance techniques in order to handle the extensive makeup.
  • Some Wookie suits were made from human hair.
  • Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
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