Author: Grace Alexander / Source: did you know?
Some actors suffer artistically for their craft. Then there are some who actually risk serious injury, even death, to make a scene perfect. Whether it was suffering broken bones, nearly drowning, or waking up in a hospital wondering how they got there, these actors gave til it hurt to create some truly memorable scenes in movie history.
1. The Wicked Witch of the West Went up in flames Filming The Wizard of Oz! (1939)
There’s being hot, and then there’s being Margaret Hamilton hot. Thanks to a trap-door malfunction, she suffered third degree burns when filming the Wicked Witch exit scene. She found herself fully exposed to a pyrotechnic device that was going off and almost burnt to a crisp!
2. Robert Pattinson busted his butt filming Twilight (2008)
Okay, he didn’t actually bust his butt, but he almost tore his glute and that’s still pretty bad. It was bad enough that he confided to MTV that he needed butt massages from a physiotherapist to get through filming. Talk about your job literally being a pain in the butt…
3. Brendan Fraser almost got killed filming the Mummy (1999)
When filming a hanging scene, something went terribly wrong. The noose used during the shoot didn’t match the one used by the stuntman. Fraser figured he could just hold his breath and power through the shot. For almost 18 seconds, Fraser was out of it. Even though he was standing on a board, when they upped the tension, he was actually being hanged briefly!
4. Sean Astin had to be choppered off the set filming The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
“I’m running at a dead sprint and I get in, and as my right foot lands about two feet in the water, just this huge, sharp pain.
I grabbed on to the boat and I just looked down and just… It hurt so bad.” Astin stepped on a shard of glass that went straight through his foot. Peter Jackson had to have him flown in a chopper to the nearest hospital 90 minutes away.5. Isla Fisher almost died performing a magic trick filming Now You See Me (2013)
While filming a scene in which she was chained in a tank filled with water, the props went wrong. Fisher was supposed to be able to pop free of the chains holding her anytime she needed to. One set worked as designed, and the other didn’t. As a result, Fisher was literally drowning, and everyone just…
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