It’s lucky for some actors that their costars were around, or some well-known performers could have faced an untimely, and even gruesome demise.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Some actors turned into real-life heroes on sets of major movies, saving the lives of their costars from various on-set accidents and near-disasters. Movie sets are notoriously dangerous places, with some even claiming actors or crew members' lives on some tragic occasions.
7 Pierce Brosnan Stopped Halle Berry From Choking On A Fig Die Another Day Close During an interview on The Tonight Show, Halle Berry recounted a terrifying incident that very nearly killed her. While filming the 2002 James Bond movie Die Another Day, Berry's character was attempting to seduce Brosnan's James Bond. For this scene, Berry was using a fig as a seductive prop, a fruit well-known as an aphrodisiac.
Jet Li spotted that his costar could not stop the animal and was in trouble. Acting quickly, Li dashed towards her and seized the horse's reins. Li heaved back on the horse and managed to stop the animal before it could continue down the narrow mountain road, with Liu still trapped on its back. With Li's quick thinking, disaster was averted on The Forbidden Kingdom's set.
As the pilot counted down the final seconds of weightlessness, Wallis called out to Cruise for help. Cruise proved himself to be a real-life action hero and responded, "Annabelle, don't worry, I got you."Cruise raced across the aircraft and freed her seconds before the gravity returned and she was very severely choked. Willis credits Cruise with saving her life, making her the second costar he has courageously rescued in the nick of time.
2 Jack Hawkins Stopped Donald Sinden From Drowning The Cruel Sea While filming the war drama The Cruel Sea, Donald Sinden nearly drowned in a giant water tank. Sinden recounted the story in his autobiography A Touch of the Memoirs, where he explained that the cast was leaping from a ship into a water tank. The actor elaborated that the water tank was 10 feet deep and jostled by several wave machines.
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