13 Actors Who Almost Died, Developed Life-Long Fears, And More While Filming A TV Show Or Movie

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1. First, portion filming Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Dylan O'Brien was hit by a car during a stunt and suffered aggregate injuries. Dylan said that his mishap "completely rewired" however helium felt astir being connected set, and determination was a clip erstwhile helium thought he'd ne'er measurement ft connected a acceptable again.

2. In 2012, portion filming The Good Wife Season 4, Kristin Chenoweth was hospitalized aft suffering a "seven-inch skull fracture, a hairline fracture, cracked teeth, and ribs" erstwhile lighting instrumentality fell and deed her. The on-set mishap led to Kristin having "long-standing injuries" that she inactive deals with today.

3. After filming Psycho (1960), namely the iconic country wherever Marion is stabbed successful the shower, Janet Leigh said it caused her to make a phobia of taking showers. She lone took baths, and would "leave the bath doorway unfastened and ablution curtain open" if possible.

4. Sophia Bush said she developed a fearfulness of being underwater aft filming a country successful One Tree Hill Season 8 (2010) erstwhile Brooke astir drowns wrong a car. On an occurrence of the Drama Queens podcast, she explained that successful bid to movie the scene, she was submerged successful a excavation with weighted belts successful her thigh and had to enactment similar she was drowning.

5. Four days earlier filming The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Barry Keoghan suffered from a lawsuit of necrotizing fasciitis, aka flesh-eating disease, connected his arm. Barry said amputation was discussed by his doctors, too. Director and writer Martin McDonagh recalled visiting Barry, saying, "I went to the infirmary thinking, Shit — is helium going to die? Let alone, is helium going to marque the movie."

6. While filming Buried (2010), Ryan Reynolds became extremely claustrophobic owed to the information the movie focuses connected his quality being buried live successful a coffin. He said, "For me, I was enclosed successful determination and had moments of utter panic that were soothed successful assorted ways."

7. Tippi Hedren developed a fearfulness of birds aft filming Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). In her memoir, Tippi recalled the horrible days connected acceptable erstwhile existent birds were utilized during the celebrated attic country to onslaught her. She wrote, "It was brutal and disfigured and relentless." At 1 point, birds were tied to her costume, and carnal handlers threw unrecorded birds straight astatine her.

8. While filming The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), during the country erstwhile Samwise runs into the stream to drawback up to Frodo, Sean Astin pierced his ft with a crisp portion of glass. The chopped was truthful deep, and determination was truthful overmuch blood, that they had to telephone a chopper to the woods wherever they were filming successful bid to unreserved Sean to the hospital.

9. In his 2002 book, Lucky Man, Michael J. Fox revealed that portion filming the close-ups wherever Marty McFly is hung successful Back to the Future Part III (1990), helium astir died portion hanging there. Michael said for a fewer takes helium was capable to person his hands betwixt the enactment and his cervix truthful that helium was inactive capable to breathe, nevertheless it went incorrect connected the 3rd take. He wrote, "I miscalculated the positioning of my hand. Noose astir my neck, dangling from the gallows pole; my carotid artery was blocked, causing maine concisely to walk out."

10. While filming Napoleon and Samantha (1972), erstwhile she was lone 9 years old, Jodie Foster was mauled by a lion. "Then, [the stand-in lion] picked maine up sideways and shook maine successful his rima and turned maine around," Jodie recalled. Due to the incident, Jodie said, "Now cats freak maine retired a small bit."

11. After filming Hereditary (2018), Alex Wolff suffered from PTSD. He said, "I don’t deliberation you tin spell done thing similar this and not person immoderate benignant of PTSD afterwards." Alex besides added, "It was 1 of those ones that truly did immoderate gymnastics connected my affectional well-being." He said helium suffered from immoderate representation nonaccomplishment erstwhile it comes to remembering filming definite scenes successful the fearfulness film, too.

12. Tom Hanks was rushed to the infirmary portion filming Cast Away (2000). He explained, "I was determination for 3 days with thing that, judge it oregon not, astir killed me." Tom had an corruption from a chopped that was "eating its mode done [his] leg."

13. And finally, aft filming Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Kristen Stewart revealed, "I ne'er privation to get backmost connected a horse." The stunt coordinator for the movie besides revealed that Kristen was "nervous to commencement with" and was "very cautious" portion filming the riding scenes successful the movie.

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