10 Popular Movies That Put Actors In Danger

Acting is a very safe profession, right?
Well, while it may be thought of as pretty people playing pretend, it turns out some
movies can actually put their stars in a great deal of danger!
For this list we are taking a look at some films where the actors ended up in some pretty
dicey situations.
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Here are 10 Popular Movies That Put Actors In Danger
Now You See Me The best magic tricks happen when the magician
can fool the audience into thinking there is actual danger going on.
Unfortunately, the crew behind Now You See Me needed no tricks as they actually put their
actress, Isla Fisher, in serious danger while she was performing the underwater escape trick.
The actress nearly drowned filming the stunt after getting caught up in her submerged chains.
The big problem was that the script also called for Fisher’s character to pretend like she
was struggling, so it took quite a while for anyone to realize the actress was in real
danger.
Luckily, Fisher was able to untangle herself from the chains and escape before things got
dicey.
This was a very dangerous moment and we can understand why her character had to be recast
for the sequel!
The Hunger Games The plot of The Hunger Games franchise is
one of the most violent and dangerous stories of all time so it sort of makes sense that
the production of the films would end up being rather dangerous too!
Leading lady Jennifer Lawrence did a lot of her own stunts, which resulted in numerous
scrapes and bruises.
Much worse than that though, was when the cast had to swim in some very cold and dirty
waters for the second movie.
Several cast members ended up with hard bumps and ear infections and Lawrence even suffered
a broken eardrum.
The most dangerous moment of all came while filming the third movie.
In a scene where Lawrence needed to escape a burning tunnel, a fog machine busted and
the actress ended up inhaling tons of smoke and passing out.
Luckily, she ended up being fine but we won’t be surprised if Lawrence sticks to safer roles
going forward!
Lawrence, while still young, has already racked up quite a bit of success – do you know
how many times she has been nominated for an Academy Award?
Is it 3, 4 or 5?
Hold on to your answer until the end of the video!
The Wizard of Oz The 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz is still
considered one of the greatest movies ever made.
Hopefully, this long lasting recognition has helped to offset the truly dangerous working
conditions the actors had to go through to make this movie.
We get it, it was the 30’s and effects weren’t as advanced as they are today but it’s pretty
scary to hear about how troubled the production really was.
The worst part was the makeup that ended up being so toxic that it burned the faces of
many of the actors including the Wicked Witch of The West!
If this happened today, it would certainly cause an enormous legal scandal, as actor’s
looks are some of the most heavily insured commodities around.
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino is a wild man and his movies
reflect his personality as they often feature some crazy characters and action sequences.
Inglorious Basterds is undoubtedly one of his best, but it also happens to be one of
his most dangerous.
The climax of the movie comes when Shoshanna plans to burn down a theater playing Nazi
propaganda film – killing all of the high-ranking Nazis inside.
To film this scene, Tarantino actually lit an enormous movie screen on fire, but as you
can imagine things got pretty out of hand.
The flames began to rage out of control, coming close to burning the cast and crew but Tarantino
couldn’t call cut as they only had one chance at getting this scene right.
This moment was cinematically brilliant but we have to wonder if some of the nearly BBQ’d
actors wish it had been done in postproduction.
Mad Max: Fury Road The practical effects from 2015’s Mad Max:
Fury Road have been praised as being some of the best of all time, but that acclaim
didn’t come without a cost as director George Miller put his cast and crew through some
of the most dangerous conditions of all time in order to create this masterpiece.
First of all, the movie was filmed in the African desert, where just standing outside
in 150-degree heat could kill someone.
On top of that, the region was well known for violence with Africa’s various civil
wars making the shoot even more risky.
The action itself was also very dangerous and stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron both
suffered nearly fatal falls from the action.
The movie did turn out amazing it was probably all worth it but we wonder if a better title
for the film might have been Mad George: Scary Shoot.
We’ve already told you that this movie was filmed in Africa but do you know where the
original Mad Max films were shot?
Hang on to your answer until the end of the video to see how well you know your movies!
The Expendables 3 At this point, you could probably consider
Jason Statham more of a stunt man with dialogue than an actual actor.
Statham’s brand is synonymous with action and danger and it’s no surprise that he
keeps popping up in movies like The Expendables, Mechanic and Furious 7.
While filming the third Expendables, Statham got into some pretty hot water when he nearly
drowned in the black sea after he crashed the truck into the water and was trapped inside.
Luckily, the crew was able to pull him out and Statham didn’t miss a beat – continuing
shooting all of his action scenes.
Jason Statham is one tough guy that we definitely don’t ever want to fight!
Sylvester Stallone – Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone is one tough looking dude
so it’s no surprise that while filming Rocky IV, he actually requested Dolph Lundgren (aka
Ivan Drago) to really try to knock his character out.
Unfortunately, Stallone isn’t ACTUALLY Rocky so after Lundgren landed a few serious blow,
Stallone had to call cut to avoid any more serious injuries.
As it turns out, Sly had put himself in some pretty serious danger after all and he needed
to be rushed to the hospital as his blood pressure was spiking to nearly fatal levels.
There’s a reason it’s called acting, and Stallone definitely learned his lesson that
day.
The Bourne Supremacy Lately, the most dangerous thing that Matt
Damon can do is go anywhere near Jimmy Kimmel – as the talk show host will undoubtedly
roast him.
However, it’s not that long ago tha Damon was one of the most daring action starts working
in Hollywood.
While filming The Bourne Supremacy, Damon performed all of his own stunts including
some pretty daring underwater drowning scenes that he was reportedly terrified of doing.
The most dangerous scene from the shoot was of him smashing another cars together under
tunnel underwater – yikes.
The Bling Ring Directed by Sofia Coppola, 2013’s The Bling
Ring is probably one of the most dangerously average movies we’ve seen in a while.
There’s not much that is memorable from the film but we have to think that Emma Watson
won’t soon forget making the flick, as she got pretty hurt during the process.
Apparently, while filming a scene at a nightclub one of the extras stepped on Watson’s toe
with her stiletto heel.
Watson stayed in character and kept on dancing but when they took a break and the actress
looked down, her foot was bleeding profusely.
Luckily, foot injuries are rarely life threatening and we are guessing it was the clumsy extra
who probably felt like dying in that moment.
Emma Watson stars in the new live action adaptation of Beauty and The Beast but do you know what
movie she passed up to play the role of Belle?
Hint: it won some Oscars this year!
The Fifth Wave - Chloe Grace Moretz For an actress who is only just 20 years young,
Chloe Grace Moretz has already done an impressive amount of work.
Moretz has unfortunately already suffered a pretty bad on set injury and while you may
think it came while filming Kick Ass, Chloe actually got hurt on the set of The Fifth
Wave.
While filming the movie, the then 17-year-old actress suffered a knee injury that forced
her to wear a brace and walk with crutches.
This slowed down the production big time, but luckily the actress was able to recover
rather quickly and was able to finish shooting the movie.
That brings us to the end of our list, which means it’s time to answer those trivia questions!
Jennifer Lawrence has actually been nominated for 4 Academy Awards, taking home a win in
2012 for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.
The original Mad Max movies starring Mel Gibson were filmed in...drum role please…Australia!
And finally, the role that Watson passed up to play Belle was Mia from 2016’s La La
Land.
She might be regretting that now seeing as Emma Stone won an Oscar for the role…That’s
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10 Popular Movies That Put Actors In Danger

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