19 times filming ended in tragedy (20 pics)

Most dangerous scenes in movies are now filmed in the background. green screen in strict accordance with security measures to none of the participants were hurt. However, some actors are willing to go to do everything in order to reliably play a spectacular scene, and to provide for all the risks are simply impossible. So shooting entertainment movies sometimes turn into a real tragedy, and some films even acquire the glory of the "damned". Here are a few such cases.





1. The Dark Knight (2008)



While filming stunts in The Dark Knight, cameramen used special car. Filming one of these scenes, cameraman Conway Wycliff died tragically when his car missed a sharp turn 90 degrees and crashed into a tree.

2. Hangover 2: From Vegas to Bangkok (2011)



It would seem that in such a film there is certainly no place for tragedy. However Once, while filming a taxi scene, stuntman Scott McLean leaned out of the window. car and hit his head on an oncoming car. As a result, he sustained irreversible brain and bodily injuries. damage. After that, he sued Warner Bros.

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)



Daniel Radcliffe had an understudy named David Holmes. During filming a flying stunt, he was thrown into a wall, causing him to break spine and was paralyzed below the neck. At that time he was only 25 years.

4. Illusion of deception (2013)



In the photo above, you can see actress Isla Fisher locked in an aquarium with water. In this scene, she had to free herself from the handcuffs and get out, but instead almost drowned. She got stuck underwater almost for three minutes.

5. Raven (1994)



During the filming of one of the scenes, Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee, was accidentally shot by another actor. A plug is stuck in the barrel of the gun, which the technicians did not notice, and when fired with a blank cartridge, it flew out and hit Brandon Lee in the stomach. The actor died in the hospital.

6. Expendables 2 (2012)



During the filming of this film, a tragic accident occurred. case: a rubber boat exploded, resulting in one stuntman died and the other was seriously injured. To bring him to a stable condition, a five-hour operation was required.

7. Top Gun (1986)



During the filming of one of the scenes in the air, stuntman Art died Scholl. He lost control of the plane and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Neither him the body and the plane were never found.

8. The Twilight Zone (1983)



Killed in helicopter crash actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Mick Ding Lee and Rene Shin-Yi Chen, with Morrow and one of the children being beheaded. As a result of this tragedy director John Landis appeared in court, but, after reviewing footage, the jury found him innocent.

9. Three X's (2002)



Vin Diesel's stunt double for this film was stuntman Harry L. O'Connor. In one of the scenes, Vin Diesel's character had to go down tightrope and land on the submarine. However, O'Connor missed, crashed into the side of the bridge and died on impact. The scene was left in the movie cutting out the part with the actual death of the stuntman to honor him memory.

10. Atuk (film not released)



In this film, John Belushi was supposed to play an Eskimo, arrived in New York, but the actor died of a drug overdose before filming began in 1982. However, everyone who was offered to replace him, also died. The first was Sam Kinison, who died in a car accident while the filmmakers were rewriting part of the script. John Candy was next who died 14 years after the death of John Belushi from a heart attack. Eventuallythis role was offered to spoil Chris Farley, but the actor also died of a drug overdose before officially subscribe to the project. The film has not yet been made.

11 The Exorcist (1973)



During the filming of this film, a a fire that burned down almost all of the scenery except for the room Regan and filming had to be stopped for 6 weeks. After the resumption filming, there were two separate incidents in which members of film crew - a night watchman and special effects specialist.

12. Divine stupor (1973)



Although no one died on the set itself, four The actors who played the apostles of Jesus died at a young age. First was Lynn Thigpen, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Then Geoffrey Mylett died of AIDS. Merrell Jackson died at the age of 38 unknown reason. And David Haskell, who played Judas Iscariot in the film and John the Baptist, died of a brain tumor.

13. Passion of Christ (2004)



During the filming of this film, actor James Caviezel and assistant director Jan Michelini was struck by lightning, and in Michelini lightning struck twice in two different thunderstorms.

14. Poltergeist (1982)



Although no one died directly on the set, immediately several actors passed away in a short amount of time. During Six years after the release of the film, four actors tragically passed away: the first was Dominique Dunn, who was killed by an ex-boyfriend. Next was Julian Beck, who died of stomach cancer. Will Sampson died liver failure, then Heather O'Rourke died of septicemia shock.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)



Everyone knows that James Dean passed away at the age of 23. auto racing, but did you know that this happened before the release of the cult movie? And a few years later, his co-star Natalie drowned. Wood. But the tragedy does not end there. Sal Mineo, who played Plato, was stabbed in the heart while returning home from a rehearsal. Then the man who bought James Dean's car also died years later in car accident.

16 Rosemary's Baby (1968)



Before filming the film, film producer William Castle received an angry letter threatening that he would die of a terrible disease. In the end he died of a heart attack. Just a year after the film's release, Wife Roman Polanski director Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson Family. She is was pregnant with her first child.

17. Superman (1978)



This movie was definitely cursed. Christopher Reeves who played Superman, fell off his horse and became paralyzed. The actress who played Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, diagnosed with mental illness after filming disease, and in 1994 she was found wandering around Los Angeles delirious and dressed in rags.

18. Conqueror (1956)



During the filming of this film in 1956, the entire film crew nearly died in a flash flood. Then actress Susan Hayward was nearly eaten by a panther. And that's not the worst. Film in for 13 weeks filmed on the territory that the army used for atomic bomb tests. There were a total of 220 crew members in this film. groups, and 91 of them were found to have cancer. Beyond actor John Wayne for cancer 45 more crew members died.

19. Omen (1976)



The son of Gregory Peck, the leading actor, committed suicide before filming starts. Then, when Peck flew to the shooting, in his plane lightning struck. Lightning also hit the plane on which he was flying. screenwriter, and another on a plane with an executive producer. Already when filming began, the IRA blew up the hotel where the producers were staying. However, that's not all! During filming, the trainer was killed by a tiger, and already after filming ended, special effects consultant John Richardson was in car accident that claimed the life of his assistant. closest to The road sign at the accident site read: "Ommen, 66.6 km." Happened in Friday the 13th, in 1976.