sometimes realism can come at a price
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
actors forced into bad situations on set
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at times where
bad planning and heartless behavior put
actors and sometimes crew members
between a rock and a hard place we’re
basing our picks on a mix of physical
harm mental trauma and how people’s
recklessness left actors damaged things
don’t always go as planned
so we’ll be excluding stunts gone wrong
unless negligence was a part of it
number 10 Meryl Streep Kramer vs Kramer
the emotional divorce at the center of
Kramer vs Kramer meant there were gonna
be tears shed Dustin Hoffman however
wasn’t sure that Meryl Streep could tear
up naturally on cue so he decided to
slap her before their opening fight the
crew was in shock and the hit was so
loud the director Robert Benton assumed
the production was ruined
Hoffman even taunted Streep about her
dead lover to provoke her more but she
continued acting despite his massive
overstepping Merrill’s courtroom speech
later on in the movie proved she didn’t
need to be hit to give an emotional
performance I don’t know how anybody can
possibly believe that I have less of a
stake in mothering that little boy
number 9 the cast and crew Cannibal
[Music]
the found-footage realism of Cannibal
Holocaust meant director Ruggiero diode
otto had to resort to some nefarious
means to make things look real
during the remote on location filming
diode Otto’s guidance led to multiple
animal deaths including a pig turtle and
two monkeys the cast and crew of the
film were forced to execute the killings
causing tension on the set one scene
even required unpaid extras including
several children to remain in a burning
hut longer than was safe
Theo gato was later charged with animal
cruelty and had to get his actors to
testify that he didn’t actually murder
them number 8 John Wayne and countless
extras Noah’s Ark to bring Noah’s story
to life
director Michael Cortese needed to make
his Biblical Flood seen as epic as
possible unfortunately for the cast and
crew
this meant throwing countless extras
into the water including a young John
Wayne the unpredictable conditions even
knocked cameraman into the water and led
to pneumonia broken ribs and drowning
one extra was hurt so badly they had to
have their leg amputated despite all the
permanent injuries involved kirti’s
continued on to direct Casablanca
cinematographer Hal Moore had even
suggested using miniatures and special
effects but he was ignored and left the
set in protest number 7 the cast and
crew roar you could have died dummy
we’re sure that everyone who worked on
roar knew what they were getting into
they were filming a movie about a family
that lives among lions tigers and
cougars after all but they definitely
weren’t prepared for the hell they’d be
put through for the sake of realism the
trailer boasts that quote 70 members of
the cast and crew were harmed by the
not only that but according to the
director Knoll Marshalls son his dad
would refuse to stop filming even when
the actors would scream for help all in
the name of authenticity
there’s uncompromising realism and then
there’s literally letting people get
eaten by lions number six the stunt
actors and horses Ben Hur a tale of the
Christ
[Music]
shooting a dazzling chariot race in the
1920s meant the team behind Ben Hur
didn’t have special effects to keep them
out of danger it also meant that both
stunt actors and screen actors were
really whipping around corners at the
whim of their horses the directors even
allegedly offered bonuses to the race
winners to get more hectic footage one
chariots wheel broke and launched a
stuntman so far that he died from his
injuries a pileup during another shoot
led to the death of five horses
the infamous naval battle reportedly had
extras fighting with real swords and
ended when an out-of-control fire forced
actors overboard
[Music]
number five Shelly Duvall The Shining it
took over an entire year to shoot the
shining which caused plenty of stress to
everyone involved Shelley Duvall
experienced a real nightmare however
thanks to onset bullying and repeated
illnesses though Duvall appreciated the
results afterwards director Stanley
Kubrick chastised her endlessly onset
when you do it you’ve got to look
desperate Shelley just wasting
everybody’s time
Kubrick also made Shelley do 127 takes
for the baseball bat scene and even
Duval’s building stress was so bad it
cost some of her hair to fall out
Shelley would also cry on set for 12
hours a day which she ironically
considered to be therapeutic number four
uma Thurman Kill Bill Vol – to film the
bride’s drive to Esteban’s uma Thurman
was put behind the wheel of an old
beater convertible while the shot wasn’t
considered a stunt it resulted in
Thurman losing control and crashing uma
ended up with a knee injury and a
concussion
due to the cars lack of restraints and
safety gear stunt coordinator Keith
Adams wasn’t even told Thurman was
driving that day and claimed had he been
on set it would have been filmed with a
stunt driver in a roadworthy car Thurman
meanwhile clarified it was the producers
not director Quentin Tarantino who
pressured her to drive number 3 Tippi
just as the birds comes to a close Tippi
Hedren is violently ambushed inside a
house by the feathered monsters her
reactions are spot-on
mostly because Hedren was really being
attacked by birds Hedren spent five days
being pelted by birds and even had them
tied to her at one point so they could
peck at her Hedren wanted to speak out
against her treatment but she knew
Alfred Hitchcock could ruin her career
if she did so she endured in the end
Tippi was only allowed rest after one
bird nearly blinded her and a doctor
stepped in number two
Maria Schneider Last Tango in Paris when
Paul asks John for some butter the
moment quickly escalates into a
horrifying scene of sexual violence most
directors would plan something like this
cautiously but Bernardo Bertolucci
filmed it the same day he and Marlon
Brando conceived it a 19-year old Maria
Schneider was furious with the idea it
only went along with it due to her
inexperience in the industry bertolucci
admitted the lack of consent for the
scene was to humiliate Schneider and
make her reaction real though the act
itself was simulated Schneider has said
that all the deception made her feel
raped by both Brando and Bertolucci
number one Vic Moro and two child actors
Twilight Zone the movie I was mad with
this country but is getting tougher and
self eternal living in this film’s
timeout segment Victor Morel plays a
racist traveling through time to
understand the error of his beliefs Moro
eventually ends up in the Vietnam War
where he was to save two Vietnamese
children from harm however when a
pyrotechnic stuck in the bell uh-1
helicopter involved in the scene the
chopper crash killing Moro and the two
child actors director John Landis went
to court on charges of involuntary
manslaughter caused by criminal
negligence though he was found not
guilty Landis had hired children without
proper permits triggering changes within
California’s child labor laws do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
actors forced into bad situations on set
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at times where
bad planning and heartless behavior put
actors and sometimes crew members
between a rock and a hard place we’re
basing our picks on a mix of physical
harm mental trauma and how people’s
recklessness left actors damaged things
don’t always go as planned
so we’ll be excluding stunts gone wrong
unless negligence was a part of it
number 10 Meryl Streep Kramer vs Kramer
the emotional divorce at the center of
Kramer vs Kramer meant there were gonna
be tears shed Dustin Hoffman however
wasn’t sure that Meryl Streep could tear
up naturally on cue so he decided to
slap her before their opening fight the
crew was in shock and the hit was so
loud the director Robert Benton assumed
the production was ruined
Hoffman even taunted Streep about her
dead lover to provoke her more but she
continued acting despite his massive
overstepping Merrill’s courtroom speech
later on in the movie proved she didn’t
need to be hit to give an emotional
performance I don’t know how anybody can
possibly believe that I have less of a
stake in mothering that little boy
number 9 the cast and crew Cannibal
[Music]
the found-footage realism of Cannibal
Holocaust meant director Ruggiero diode
otto had to resort to some nefarious
means to make things look real
during the remote on location filming
diode Otto’s guidance led to multiple
animal deaths including a pig turtle and
two monkeys the cast and crew of the
film were forced to execute the killings
causing tension on the set one scene
even required unpaid extras including
several children to remain in a burning
hut longer than was safe
Theo gato was later charged with animal
cruelty and had to get his actors to
testify that he didn’t actually murder
them number 8 John Wayne and countless
extras Noah’s Ark to bring Noah’s story
to life
director Michael Cortese needed to make
his Biblical Flood seen as epic as
possible unfortunately for the cast and
crew
this meant throwing countless extras
into the water including a young John
Wayne the unpredictable conditions even
knocked cameraman into the water and led
to pneumonia broken ribs and drowning
one extra was hurt so badly they had to
have their leg amputated despite all the
permanent injuries involved kirti’s
continued on to direct Casablanca
cinematographer Hal Moore had even
suggested using miniatures and special
effects but he was ignored and left the
set in protest number 7 the cast and
crew roar you could have died dummy
we’re sure that everyone who worked on
roar knew what they were getting into
they were filming a movie about a family
that lives among lions tigers and
cougars after all but they definitely
weren’t prepared for the hell they’d be
put through for the sake of realism the
trailer boasts that quote 70 members of
the cast and crew were harmed by the
not only that but according to the
director Knoll Marshalls son his dad
would refuse to stop filming even when
the actors would scream for help all in
the name of authenticity
there’s uncompromising realism and then
there’s literally letting people get
eaten by lions number six the stunt
actors and horses Ben Hur a tale of the
Christ
[Music]
shooting a dazzling chariot race in the
1920s meant the team behind Ben Hur
didn’t have special effects to keep them
out of danger it also meant that both
stunt actors and screen actors were
really whipping around corners at the
whim of their horses the directors even
allegedly offered bonuses to the race
winners to get more hectic footage one
chariots wheel broke and launched a
stuntman so far that he died from his
injuries a pileup during another shoot
led to the death of five horses
the infamous naval battle reportedly had
extras fighting with real swords and
ended when an out-of-control fire forced
actors overboard
[Music]
number five Shelly Duvall The Shining it
took over an entire year to shoot the
shining which caused plenty of stress to
everyone involved Shelley Duvall
experienced a real nightmare however
thanks to onset bullying and repeated
illnesses though Duvall appreciated the
results afterwards director Stanley
Kubrick chastised her endlessly onset
when you do it you’ve got to look
desperate Shelley just wasting
everybody’s time
Kubrick also made Shelley do 127 takes
for the baseball bat scene and even
Duval’s building stress was so bad it
cost some of her hair to fall out
Shelley would also cry on set for 12
hours a day which she ironically
considered to be therapeutic number four
uma Thurman Kill Bill Vol – to film the
bride’s drive to Esteban’s uma Thurman
was put behind the wheel of an old
beater convertible while the shot wasn’t
considered a stunt it resulted in
Thurman losing control and crashing uma
ended up with a knee injury and a
concussion
due to the cars lack of restraints and
safety gear stunt coordinator Keith
Adams wasn’t even told Thurman was
driving that day and claimed had he been
on set it would have been filmed with a
stunt driver in a roadworthy car Thurman
meanwhile clarified it was the producers
not director Quentin Tarantino who
pressured her to drive number 3 Tippi
just as the birds comes to a close Tippi
Hedren is violently ambushed inside a
house by the feathered monsters her
reactions are spot-on
mostly because Hedren was really being
attacked by birds Hedren spent five days
being pelted by birds and even had them
tied to her at one point so they could
peck at her Hedren wanted to speak out
against her treatment but she knew
Alfred Hitchcock could ruin her career
if she did so she endured in the end
Tippi was only allowed rest after one
bird nearly blinded her and a doctor
stepped in number two
Maria Schneider Last Tango in Paris when
Paul asks John for some butter the
moment quickly escalates into a
horrifying scene of sexual violence most
directors would plan something like this
cautiously but Bernardo Bertolucci
filmed it the same day he and Marlon
Brando conceived it a 19-year old Maria
Schneider was furious with the idea it
only went along with it due to her
inexperience in the industry bertolucci
admitted the lack of consent for the
scene was to humiliate Schneider and
make her reaction real though the act
itself was simulated Schneider has said
that all the deception made her feel
raped by both Brando and Bertolucci
number one Vic Moro and two child actors
Twilight Zone the movie I was mad with
this country but is getting tougher and
self eternal living in this film’s
timeout segment Victor Morel plays a
racist traveling through time to
understand the error of his beliefs Moro
eventually ends up in the Vietnam War
where he was to save two Vietnamese
children from harm however when a
pyrotechnic stuck in the bell uh-1
helicopter involved in the scene the
chopper crash killing Moro and the two
child actors director John Landis went
to court on charges of involuntary
manslaughter caused by criminal
negligence though he was found not
guilty Landis had hired children without
proper permits triggering changes within
California’s child labor laws do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day you
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