5 of the Most Horrible Accidents That Happened on Movie Sets

Sometimes, actors are put in perilous situations for the benefit of film. here are 5 times things went horribly wrong.

#1 XXX

Vin Diesels stunt double, Harry L. O'Connor, was filming a scene where he had to rappel down a line and land on a submarine.... he slammed into a bridge at high speed. He died on impact, but they left the scene in the movie (without the death) to pay tribute to O'Connor's last work.

#2 The Expendables 2

One stuntman was killed and another was left in critical condition after a rubber boat explosion scene went awry. The man who was in critical condition required five hours of operation to get him back in stable condition.

#3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double, David Holmes, injured his neck on the set and was paralyzed. He was working on a flying stunt and was thrown against a wall, which fractured his neck and left him paralyzed from the neck down with limited mobility in his arms and hands at the too-young age of 25.

#4 Twilight Zone The Movie

During a scene that was based around a Vietnam battle, a helicopter accident occurred that led to the decapitation of Vic Morrow and child actors My-ca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. The director John Landis was sent to trial for the event, but the jury, who witnessed the footage, found that Landis was innocent.

#5 The Crow

When you're Bruce Lee's son, you are almost automatically going to be a bad-ass. However, Brandon Lee tragically passed in what was likely the most well-documented movie-set accident ever. A slug was misplaced during a scene where Lee's character gets shot and it led to Lee dying in a devastating mistake on set.

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