Whereas filming, actors usually discover themselves in uncommon conditions, equivalent to performing a stunt or carrying a sophisticated costume. Generally, these circumstances result in unintentional accidents, and oftentimes, manufacturing has to determine methods to work an actor’s damage into the present.
Listed below are 17 actors who acquired injured whereas filming common TV reveals:
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Whereas filming the Pals episode “The One The place No One’s Prepared,” Matt LeBlanc dislocated his shoulder.
He instructed Jimmy Kimmel Stay, “I did just a few episodes in a sling. They usually wrote it into the present as Joey was leaping on the mattress.”
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Whereas performing a stunt for the second episode of The Veil, Elisabeth Moss fractured a vertebra. In 2024, she instructed Selection, “The [scene] you see within the present is definitely the second time we shot it, about six weeks later. The primary time we shot it, I hit a wall the incorrect means, let’s simply say, and ended up mendacity on the roof for a pair hours.”
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas did her personal stunts for Quantico, which led to a small accident in 2017. On Stay with Kelly, she stated, “I hit my head on the bumper of a automobile after which on the ground.”
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Within the It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia Season 11 finale, Danny DeVito almost drowned filming an underwater scene. His costar Charlie Day instructed Conan, “We virtually killed him this yr. We virtually drowned him.”
Charlie stated that, after Danny was rescued, he “went straight house.”
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In 2009, Legislation & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay instructed RedBook, “On October 16 [2008], I used to be doing a stunt chasing a foul man. I might all the time insisted on doing the stunts my very own means, though I do not really feel so strongly about that anymore. I jumped and landed on pads, however on the second take one thing occurred — I simply landed incorrect. I acquired up and felt that one thing inside was not fairly proper. At first I believed I had the wind knocked out of me. I used to be indignant with myself. Later, I believed possibly I might pulled a muscle, however I did not concentrate on the damage and stored anticipating it to get higher.”
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In 2019, Ronda Rousey had a “freak accident” whereas filming 9-1-1. On Instagram, she stated, “First take of the day a ship door fell on my hand, I believed I simply jammed my fingers so I completed the take earlier than trying (I do know it sounds loopy, however I’m used to dwell audiences and by no means exhibiting ache until I’m alleged to).”
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When Michelle Williams appeared on The Masked Singer, a particular impact malfunctioned throughout rehearsals. She acquired electrocuted, which cut up one among her boots open.
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In 2012, Kristin Chenoweth was severely injured on the set of The Good Spouse. A decade later, in an essay for the ebook My Second: 106 Ladies on Combating for Themselves, she wrote, “As I stood on my mark, awaiting the following shot, a chunk of lighting gear crashed down on prime of me and knocked me again right into a curb. I used to be rushed by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. My accidents had been extreme. My ribs had been cracked. My nostril and a few of my enamel had been damaged, and I had a cranium fracture. And people had been simply the accidents that truly confirmed up on X-rays; by no means thoughts the nerve, tissue, and muscle harm I’d must face within the weeks, months, and years that adopted.”
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Through the Riverdale Season 1 finale scene the place Archie saves Cheryl from drowning in a frozen river, KJ Apa broke his hand. He instructed TVLine, “That was a gnarly day of capturing, I’ll let you know that a lot. I wasn’t actually punching the ice, however I acquired a little bit bit too excited. I used to be punching a foam mat … [that was] sitting on the ice. … It was chilly, so I didn’t actually really feel it. It wasn’t till 20 minutes after that I noticed I broke my hand.”
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Whereas filming Cowboy Bebop in 2019, John Cho tore his ACL, which led to a months-long manufacturing shutdown. In 2021, he instructed Vulture, “It was actual wonky. We had been capturing all night time, and I used to be doing form of an athletic transfer because the solar was developing. It was most likely an absence of sleep. Just a bit transfer and [I was down]. In order that was a low second. It was 5:30 Saturday morning after I arrived on the emergency room, and it was full of individuals who had gotten tremendous drunk on Friday night time after which acquired in a combat or fell and cracked their heads open. Mockingly, a sobering expertise.”
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In a 2013 Reddit AMA about Breaking Dangerous, Aaron Paul stated, “Raymond Cruz, who performed Tuco, gave me a concussion in the course of the episode ‘Grilled,’ the place Tuco takes Walt and Jesse to his shack in the course of nowhere the place we meet the well-known [Hector Salamanca]. Tuco takes Jesse, and he throws him via the display door exterior, and in the event you watch it again, you may discover that my head will get caught contained in the wood display door, and it flips me round and lands me on my abdomen, and the door splinters into one million items. Raymond simply thought I used to be appearing, so he continued and kicked me within the aspect and picked me up over his shoulder and threw me towards the home, however in actuality, I used to be just about unconscious the [entire] time.”
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Jared Padalecki broke his wrist whereas filming Supernatural Season 2, Episode 3, “Bloodlust.” Throughout a fan Q&A, he defined, “There was a scene the place I get hit on the again of the pinnacle with a phone. And I stroll right into a motel room, and I stroll this manner, and I sense one thing behind me. And so I flip, and there is a vampire, and I punch the vampire, however one other one has come up behind me with a phone and smacks me on the again of the pinnacle. So, as I fell, they’re holding the digital camera there, and I fell, and I acted like I used to be handed out. On the final second, I kinda put my hand out to the aspect to catch myself…as a result of the stuntman I had simply ‘knocked out’ was there in entrance of me. So I put my hand out to catch myself, however the angle was incorrect, and so I snapped my wrist bone.”
His damage was written into the present. Collection creator Eric Kripke instructed TV Information, “We’re making it work. Fortunately, he will get in fights each episode so it’s straightforward for him to interrupt his hand. It seems the zombie breaks his hand.”
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Whereas filming Physician Who, Matt Smith reportedly broken the meniscus membrane in his knee.
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And after Peter Calapdi took over the position of the Physician on Physician Who, he acquired the very same knee damage as Matt Smith whereas performing stunts.
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Whereas filming Sport of Thrones Season 7, Episode 6, Rory McCann broken his knees. He instructed the Sydney Morning Herald, “I had this man on my shoulder for days and days – it did not work with a dummy, so I needed to carry an actual man, and we needed to run and run.”
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And eventually, throughout 11 seasons of The Strolling Lifeless, Norman Reedus was harm quite a few instances, together with whiplash, a number of black eyes, a brow damage requiring stitches, accidents to his knee and shoulder, and a concussion that briefly shut down manufacturing.
