Safety on movie sets is one of the main
priorities in Hollywood right now, especially
after the tragic death of 27-year-old camera
assistant Sarah Jones on the set of Midnight
Rider back in February.

But some of you may think, actors... they
have it easy right? They get paid a lot of
money and all they have to do is look good
and recite some lines. But that’s not always
the case. These are some seriously famous
actors who had a brush with death on the
set of big budget movies:

1. Sylvester Stallone
You’d think that after decades of blowing
stuff up, jumping out of planes, trains and
automobiles and showing bad guys what’s
what, Sylvester Stallone would have had a
dangerous incident earlier in his career.

In fact, the first truly dangerous moment
came fairly late in his career. At the ripe old
age of 63, Stallone was filming ‘The
Expendables’ with colleague Stone Cold
Steve Austin, when the fight got so intense
that Stallone received serious injuries.

In a statement regarding the fight and
subsequent injuries, Stallone was quoted to
have said: “Actually, my fight with Stone Cold
Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up
getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I’m not
joking. I haven’t told anyone this, but I had to
have a very serious operation afterwards. I
now have a metal plate in my neck. ”

2. George Clooney
This tale of George Clooney’s tragedy had
long lasting, harrowing effects. In 2004,
while filming his film ‘Syriana’, the
heartthrob broke his back.

The serious injuries left him bed-bound for
painfully long periods, and left him with
lasting psychological and emotional damage.

Speaking some time later about the taxing
recovery process, he said: “I was at a point
where I thought, I can’t exist like this. I can’t
actually live. I was lying in a hospital bed with
an IV in my arm, unable to move, having these
headaches where it feels like you’re having a
stroke, and for a short three-week period, I
started to think, I may have to do something
drastic about this. You start to think in terms
of, you don’t want to leave a mess, so go in
the garage, go in the car, start the engine. It
seems like the nicest way to do it, but I never
thought I’d get there.”

3. Jennifer Lawrence
J-Law has built a reputation around strong,
kick-ass characters that take no prisoners.
From Winter’s Bone to The Hunger Games,
she’s shown she can be put through hell and
still keep strong.

Even our beloved J-Law, however, is human
like the rest of us. Her brush with the grim
reaper was actually a freak accident.

Whilst filming ‘Mockingjay’, a smoke machine
broke down and kept pumping toxic smoke
into an enclosed space that Jennifer
Lawrence was doing a scene in. She nearly
choked on it before filming was halted and
the crew were all evacuated. Phew. The
film star reportedly suffered from nausea
and vertigo following the incident.

This isn’t the first time Lawrence has been
injured while filming a “Hunger Games”
movie. The Oscar winner was on the set of
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” when
she reportedly badly injured her ear filming
an underwater sequence. “I went deaf in one
ear for months,” Lawrence revealed, adding,
“I got all these ear infections from the
diving and water and all that stuff, and then
a jet from one of the cornucopia scenes
punctured my eardrum.”

4. Jackie Chan
Our action heroes always feel as though
they’re impervious to harm somehow. In
fact, putting themselves at risk all the time
makes these dangerous situations far more
likely. Even action’s most beloved star,
Jackie Chan, has been close to death.

When filming ‘Armour of God’ Chan jumped
from a great height – in fact, as high as a
castle – and onto a tree. But he missed the
tree, and instead suffered a horrible crash to
the ground. He received massive injuries to
his skull, which cracked and had parts
embedded into his brain.

Fortunately, the much loved star has since
recovered with the aid of a plastic plate in
his skull.

source: www.dailygossip.ng/editorial/11-movie-stars-who-almost-died-on-set/

Is OK!

What about Ojo Arowosafe (Fadeyi Oloro), Yoruba film veteran badly wounded by his gun?

didn't you say 11?

Jackie Chan should top that list...

Rambo is the man

That's why i dnt blame Nollywood for always doing juju, mumu and using knockout as bullets in their movies. Hollywood actors and actresses suffers injuries bt come on the medical care and attentions are always there for dem to recover or at least feel loved after d injuries.

Check Nollywood and see d lists of those dt died "just like that."
Op today is Sunday, so come and complete ur 11 artiste list.

what about swazernega

5. Jason Statham
You thought Sylvester’s plate to the neck
was terrifying? ‘The Expendables’ seems to
have taken a toll on all of its leading men.

This one’s almost more far fetched than the
movies. Jason Statham managed to break
out of a 60ft plunge into the Black Sea,
while trapped in a three tonne truck.

You didn’t read any of that wrong. Stallone
is reported as having said: “ He faced death.
He was test-driving a three-ton truck and the
brakes run out. It went down 60ft into the
Black Sea and became impaled. We would
have drowned. But because Jason is an
Olympic-quality diver he got out of it. “

Thank goodness Jason Statham had been a
star swimmer – he competed for England in
the 1990 Commonwealth Games long before
he became a super star action hero

6. Isla Fisher
Not known for being in blockbuster action
movies, Isla Fisher nonetheless came face to
face with danger on a film set. While playing
a magician’s assistant in ‘Now You See Me,’
Isla almost drowned during a scene in which
she was underwater.

“ They had a guy who was off camera, but he
was a long way away with a can of oxygen. By
the time I realized I couldn’t get up and
beckoned for him, I realized that I had run out
of air. Luckily, I managed to get free and stay
level-headed and got out before it went even
more horribly wrong. ” The stuff of
nightmares.

7. Johnny Depp
Depp played Tonto in “The Lone Ranger” and
took the action to a completely new level
with his near-death experience. While
performing his own stunt, he fell off his
horse. The rear hooves of the horse clipped
his chest and left him very bruised. The
difference between life and death was mere
inches, as he narrowly avoided going under
the galloping hooves.

8. Michael J. Fox
Michael J Fox made his name in the cult hit
Back To The Future trilogy. He became a
national heartthrob and his career and
legacy have been treasured in the years
since.

One little known story is that of his
harrowing ordeal on set of Back to the
Future Part 3, in which he was accidentally
hung– for real.

The shot involved Fox’s character, Marty
McFly, hanging with a noose around his neck
before Doc saves him. Initially, the shot was
acted with a box beneath him, but the
director asked if he could try it without the
box – to up the ante and create a sense of
realism.

Eventually, he agreed– but on the seventh
take, a mistake was made and he ended up
unconscious for 30 seconds before the crew
realised this was more than just incredible
acting.

source: www.dailygossip.ng/editorial/11-movie-stars-who-almost-died-on-set/5/

9. Jaimie Alexander
Jaimie Alexander experienced several severe
injuries when filming “Thor 2.” She fell off a
metal staircase and the injuries prevented
her from filming for an entire month. She
tore a rhomboid muscle, dislocated her left
shoulder, had a slipped disc, and chipped 11
different spinal vertebrae.

10. Viggo Mortensen
On the set of Lord of the Rings: Two Towers ,
Mortensen, as Aragorn, had to float face-
down along the river after being shot with
arrows. In real life, the production crew
didn’t realize how strong the current was.
There was undertoe and Mortensen nearly
drowned due to the weight of his costume.

11. 50 Cent
Although, he’s not an actor, but this incident
is worth the mention

In 2000, 50 Cent proved he had more lives
than any cat – surviving over nine gun shots
in one go.

His list of wounds include shots to the leg,
the arm, his right thumb and even in his
moneymaker– his mouth.

He didn’t let the event hurt his music
career. He later said: “ Ain’t nobody gonna tell
you they ain’t scared in that situation. It’s a
hit, man. You supposed to die in that
situation. They’re not playing. “

source: www.dailygossip.ng/editorial/11-movie-stars-who-almost-died-on-set/9/

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