Wild, Wild Hollywood: 6 Wild and Scary Disasters on Movie Sets That Made Headlines
With the most recent Alec Baldwin on set shooting, the topic of Hollywood set tragedies has been hot. Surprisingly, tragedies like this happen more often than you’d think.
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Diving into the wild disasters that have happened on film sets, Legit.ng takes a look at six tragedies that engulfed headlines and dropped jaws all over the world.
Rust
The most recent involved Alec Baldwin where a prop gun was fired, fatally injuring the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and wounding another.
The situation is still under investigation but has been said to be a freak accident.
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The Jumper
Samuel L. Jackson's sci-fi movie had onset wardrobe personnel David Ritchie passing after frozen sand, earth and ice from an exterior set collapsed onto staff in 2008.
Batman: The Dark Knight
The good old "Curse of Batman" was said to have led to the demise of stuntman Conway Wickliffe and the drug overdose of Heath Ledger in 2007. Every Bat Man movie has evoked some strange tales that have led people to believe the film sets of the movies are cursed.
The Crow
Bruce Lee’s son, Brandon Lee was shot dead on the set of The Crow in 1993. His death sent many wild conspiracies running, with some certain he was killed by Hong Kong gangsters, reported News24.
However, an investigation was done, confirming Brandon died onset due to negligence.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
In 1982, actor Vic Morrow was decapitated and two Vietnamese children who were movie extras were killed after a whole entire helicopter crashed into them after it was hit down by prosthetics, reported AP News.
The director John Landis was found not guilty, rendering this just another onset freak accident.
The Captive
This was one of the earliest onset tragedies, dating back to 1915. A movie extra named Charles Chandler was shot in the head when a prop shotgun was fired at a door. The story claims that no one knew there was a round left in the barrel.
Actor Alec Baldwin was practising on set when fatal shot was fired
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Hollywood's Alec Baldwin has been highly cooperative with law enforcement as they continue to investigate the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set.
Statements have been taken from all those who were present on the scene of the accident and all reports seem to tell a very similar story of the fatal incident.
Reports confirm that the moment the gun fired was not caught on camera because filming had not begun, the crew and actors were returning from a lunch break.
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