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15 Movies That Were Way More Dangerous To Make Than We Thought

Making entertainment is a bloody and dangerous effort.

15 Movies That Were Way More Dangerous To Make Than We Thought

May 18, 2021

It's not always easy to make a movie. You have to build sets, set up a schedule, memorize lines, figure out costumes, try to stay within a budget, and all sorts of difficult things. Making a movie is like making a miracle sometimes. Making a movie safely can be an additional issue.

No matter how many precautions are taken, accidents or bad calls can happen on set that cause hospital stays for the cast and the crew. Accidents and stunts gone wrong have caused several broken bones, severed limbs, and even death.

It's a wonder what was the worst for Bob Hoskins, starring in Super Mario Bros. or breaking his hand during filming it. The last Harry Potter movie was also the last movie for Daniel Radcliffe's stuntman.

Here are some facts about the most dangerous shoots in film history, especially the one with with the untamed lions that took over a decade to film.

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Orson Welles fell ten feet while filming Citizen Kane. It happened in the scene where Kane shouts at Boss Jim Gettys, and he hurt his ankle so bad, he had to use a wheelchair for the next two weeks. CRACKED.COM — Source: AFI

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Rocky IV put Sly Stallone in the ICU. One day on set, he told Dolph Lundgren to forget the fight choreography, Just go out there and try to clock me. For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all. The result was that Stallone was in the hospital for nine days. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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J.K. Simmons cracked a rib on Whiplash. During filming, Miles Teller charged at Simmons and knocked him over SO hard that one of Simmons' ribs broke. I'm not proud of it, but after a guy's slapping you and yelling at you for three weeks straight, it's nice to finally... as a character, I'm speaking! I always dug that scene because he just finally snaps, said Teller. CRACKED.COM — Source: Digital Spy

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The Hangover Part II

A stuntman suffered critical brain damage while making The Hangover Part II. HANGOVER THE PART II When he leaned out of a taxi's window, Australian stuntman Scott McLean suddenly got hit by another vehicle. CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety

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A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange left Malcolm McDowell unable to see for a while. The apparatus he wears in the Ludovico Technique scene was really painful, and he complained that he scratched his left eye's cornea, was in pain and couldn't see. Stanley Kubrick told him, Let's go on with the scene. I'll favor your other eye. CRACKED.COM — Source: Google Books

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Adding injury to insult, Bob Hoskins broke his hand on the Super Mario Bros. movie. The set was a disaster and the actors, including Hoskins, were drinking all the time - which led to an accident involving a truck that left Hoskins with a broken hand. CRACKED.COM — Source: Grantland

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An actor broke several ribs while filming Das Boot. Jan Fedder lost his grip on the railing of the submarine model and fell off, resulting in several fractured ribs. The director, who didn't realize it was an accident, said, Good idea, Jan. We'll do that one more time. CRACKED.COM — Source: AMC

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Sylvester Stallone

Sly Stallone broke his finger on the Escape to Victory set by trying to block legendary footballer Pele. The WWII football epic featured actual soccer players, and Sly said What a butt-kicking I got! I still have a broken finger from trying to block a penalty by Pele. At one point, Pele used a ball like a cannonball and steel-tipped WWII boots t-yrying to block that ball left Sly with a broken finger. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double broke his neck on the last Harry Potter movie. During rehearsals for a flying scene, David Holmes did a jerk back stunt, which broke his neck and left him paralyzed from the chest down. CRACKED.COM — Source: Deadline

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Mike Tyson's finger got broken in IP Man 3. Donnie Yen accidentally hit it with his elbow during a fight scene and broke it, but Tyson didn't even say anything. He was very professional and we even continued filming. He only learned about the broken finger later, in the hospital, said Yen. CRACKED.COM — Source: Sport World News

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Sarah Jones

While shooting Midnight Rider, a train crash killed crew member Sarah Jones. The film crew trespassed on a railroad track to shoot the movie, which resulted in a freight train crashing into a prop hospital bed that was on the tracks. William Hurt, who had been lying on the bed, ran to safety, but Jones got run over. CRACKED.COM — Source: USA Today

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The 1981 movie Roar left 70 people injured. Filming, which lasted 11 years, involved 100 untamed lions, leading to severe injuries by the stars -- for example, Melanie Griffith was mauled so badly that she needed over 100 stitches plus surgery. CRACKED.COM — Source: Business Insider

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Mission: Impossible II

A stuntman got hurt SO badly on Mission Impossible: II, his career was over. TOM CRUISE SUMMER It was his first big Hollywood movie, and he got knocked over by a motorcycle flying through the air, resulting in severe injuries that left him unable to work as a stuntman. CRACKED.COM — Source: NZHerald

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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Stuntwoman Olivia Jackson lost an arm in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. A stunt she was doing was changed at the last minute-- she was supposed to do a fight scene, but ended up doing a motorcycle stunt. That led to an accident, which resulted in nerve damage that meant they had to amputate her arm. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Frank Sinatra

The Manchurian Candidate messed up Frank Sinatra's wrist. An on-set accident permanently damaged his wrist, and it was so bad he couldn't hold a pistol comfortably anymore. Which was why he passed on playing Dirty Harry. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo

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