15 Movie Scenes That Were Ruined by History
![15 Movie Scenes That Were Ruined by History](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/2/791782_320x180.jpg)
All on a set is expensive, which is why actors must be cautious with items, as they may be repurposed for yet another movie by the corporation. But, on occasion, performers are not only negligent with props and also with the rare, irreplaceable treasures provided to the movie by institutions. On certain occasions, you may find yourself in a scene from a movie where not everyone is something broken inside the false reality, but when something real is damaged by reality itself. There are several other ways to ruin a movie scene, right?
Some moments don't hold up well over time, but this isn't one of them. The problem with these isn't that they didn't stand the test of time; it's that time absolutely body slammed them. There’s no choice but to remark, "Well, this is awkward," because it's no one's fault. Not all movies are damaged, but some of them are... Scroll down for some scenes that got absolutely ruined by reality.
![Star Trek Into Darkness Kirk makes Chekov chief engineering officer - and specifically orders him to put on a red shirt. Chekov's actor Anton Yelchin was killed in a freak accident. The tragedy happened three years after the movie came out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/9/791769.jpg)
Sources: Movie scene on YouTube, BBC
![Good Morning, Vietnam Adrian Cronauer is told how unbearably fastidious one of his roommates is: If I were you, I'd think about suicide. Yup, this is a movie when someone jokes to Robin Williams that he should consider taking his own life. Yikes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/6/791776.jpg)
Source: Movie script on Script-O-Rama
![Dodgeball C Lance Armstrong randomly appears to give Vince Vaughn's character a pep talk, telling him that he never quit despite huge adversities. Today we know that drugs helped him quite a bit with that.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/9/791779.jpg)
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![The Dark Knight After being defeated, the Joker sets up his classic dynamic with Batman: I think you and I are destined to do this forever. No one could predict that forever would end a few months after the movie came out, with Heath Ledger's untimely death.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/1/791771.jpg)
Source: Movie scene on YouTube, Chicago Tribune
![Rambo III Hey, remember when John Rambo teamed up with mujahideen rebels against the Soviets? The film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan. Best friends forever, the U.S.A. and those Afghan mujahideen, huh?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/2/791772.jpg)
Source: Indy100
![The Naked Gun Oh, my poor Nordberg! his wife weeps as Nordberg lies in a hospital bed. He was such a good man, Frank! He never wanted to hurt anyone! Nordberg is played by O.J. Simpson. (On the other hand, that makes the scenes of Nordberg's comic suffering even better).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/7/791787.jpg)
Source: Movie scene on YouTube
![Baby Driver A crime boss played by Kevin Spacey explains why he didn't stop Baby from stealing his Mercedes: I was just blinded by the balls on that kid. Indeed, that seems to be a recurring issue for Spacey, according to multiple allegations.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/7/791777.jpg)
Source: Movie scene on YouTube, Vox
![Escape from New York Not only is the World Trade Center prominently featured, something retroactively wince-worthy in any movie. Terrorists crash a plane into a building. Prescient? Sure. Uncomfortable to watch after 2001? You bet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/3/791773.jpg)
Sources: Movie scene on YouTube (WTC), Movie Scene on YouTube (plane crash)
![Buffy the Vampire Slayer The entire show was hailed as a shining example of feminist TV. Then we learned of the allegations about Joss Whedon. All those female empowerment scenes ring kind of hollow now, after the show's actresses came forward.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/1/791781.jpg)
Source: The Washington Post
![A Beautiful Mind The movie includes a car chase that never happened (because it's one of John Nash's hallucinations). Nash and his wife Alicia were killed in a car crash in 2015.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/8/791768.jpg)
Sources: Movie scene on YouTube, BBC
![Armageddon Your triglycerides are way high, a doctor tells Bear (played by Michael Clarke Duncan), and your bad cholesterol is shockingly bad. Duncan eventually died after a heart attack.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/8/791778.jpg)
Sources: Movie scene on Youtube, BBC
![Heathers Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast? Heather Chandler sasses at Heather Duke. Chandler's actress Kim Walker eventually died of a brain tumor. She was 32 years old.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/4/791784.jpg)
Sources: Movie scene on Youtube, Entertainment Weekly
![Lost Highway Robert Blake plays the Mystery Man, the conscience of a guy who murdered his wife. Blake was charged with the murder of his wife. While he was acquitted, a civil suit still found him liable for her death.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/0/791780.jpg)
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![Super Size Me The 2004 documentary contains many questionable claims, but none as much so as Jared Fogle's confession: My big vice was food. That's right - whenever someone mentions Fogle today, we immediately think of food, his ultimate undoing.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/4/791774.jpg)
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![Free Willy After the movie came out, pressure mounted to free Keiko (the movie's cetacean star) for real and not just in fiction. Keiko could not adapt to living in the wild. He died the following year, always seeking the company of humans.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/5/791785.jpg)
Source: New Scientist