26 Actors Who Paid A Terrible Price For A Role

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26 Actors Who Paid A Terrible Price For A Role

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Acting might look like easy make-believe games for kindergarten diaper babies, but it's actually grueling, physical work. Because of that, it sometimes takes a serious toll on actors. All that jumping around wearing makeup and costumes can lead to permanent damage to their bodies and brains.

It's enough to make you want to jump on couches and join sketchy religions.

HUGH JACKMAN CRACKED co HAS HAD LOTS OF INJURIES FROM PLAYING WOLVERINE OVER THEYEARS. He's mangled his junk, mangled his right ear, stabbed himself i
MATT LANC dislocated his shoulder doing a dive for a chair while filming the episode The one where no one's ready. Instead of trying to hide it, the
Matthew Lewis's eardrum was perforated during a scene with Carter, Helena Bonham character when she little too into got a while torturing him with her
While filming a torture scene for Syriana, George Clooney suffered a spinal injury that made him contemplate suicide. The injury caused him such sever
Margaret Hamilton captivated audiences as the Wicked Witch of the West. But the famous role was nearly her last when a trapdoor malfunction left her s

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is famous for his on-set injuries while doing his own stunts. AROUR mf H00Z OPERATION CONDOR One such injury on the set of Armour of God I
CRACKED.COM During the filming of a scene in Gothika where Halle Berry's character tries to resist being pinned to a cot, she resisted so hard her arm
Charlize Theron had to get a ton of dental surgery because of Atomic Blonde. Theron cracked two teeth while training for the movie - a year and a half

Laura Innes

IDAO A DECADE SPENT USING A CRUTCH FOR THE ROLE OF DR. KERRY WEAVER LEFT LAURA INNES WITH REAL-LIFE SPINE CURVATURE.
Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing loss in one ear after firing a shotgun in an elevator during the filming of Terminator 2
William Shatner attributes his tinnitus to star Trek. An explosion was set off near him while filming the episode Arena and he has said that at one

Harrison Ford

While shooting Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Harrison Ford's leg was broken when the Millennium Falcon's door fell on him. The production was shut dow

Planet Terror

Shooting Planet Terror, Rose McGowan suffered a areer-limiting injury. A backbend Gowan did for Planet Terror damaged her arm so badly, she had to get
Jared Leto gained 60 pounds for his role in Chapter 27. To portray Lennon shooter Mark David Chapman, Leto force-fed himself and gained weight to the
CRACKED.COM Gary Oldman got serious nicotine poisoning for portraying Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. During the filming, he had to smoke a cigar f
ON THE SET OF ROAR, f FILM ABOUT f FAMILY LIVING WITH LIONS f 14 YEAR OLD MELANIE GRIFFITH WAS MAULED SO BADLY THAT SHE REQUIRED FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during a rooftop- jumping scene in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, an injury that took months

The Pink Panther

Robert Wagner did a scene in The Pink Panther in which he's submerged in a bubble bath (which was actually industrial foam.) That foam damaged his ski
Janet Leigh is known primarily for one thing: playing the character who gets stabbed to death in a shower during PSYCHO This scene terrified many in

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was nearly paralyzed on the set of Aeon Flux. While filming an action scene for the 2005 sci-fi movie, Theron landed on her neck, caus
CRACKEDCON Sylvester Stallone had a metal plate fitted after falling and injuring his back while filming Expendables 3. He also remarked: o.so if I'm

The Passion of the Christ

CRACKEDcO COM While doing the Sermon on the Mount scene in The Passion Of The Christ, Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning.
Sean Bean got a permanent scar just below his left eyebrow during the filming of a scene in Patriot Games. He was hit by Harrison Ford with a boat hoo
BRENDAN FRASER THE OF MUMMY HAS HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES OVERTHEYEARSI DUETO DAMAGE SUFFERED FROM PERFORMING HIS OWN STUNTS. SO FAR HE HAS UNDERGONE' TW
Mother! is an intense film. In fact, the filming was so intense it caused Jennifer Lawrence to hyperventilate SO hard she dislocated a rib. CRACKED CO
26 Actors Who Paid A Terrible Price For A Role
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