We often see in films the dangers that lie in wait for the characters. Shooting movies has become so difficult that, of course, injuries on the job are inevitable. The use of powerful equipment and explosions can lead not only to injury, but also to death. But shooting continues, films are being made, and we remain in the dark about how they went.

1. "The Twilight Zone" (1983) Vic Morrow died. The worst tragedy that happened on the set is the death of Vic Morrow. The film "The Twilight Zone" consists of small mystical novels. Actor Vic Morrow in one scene runs across a shallow lake. In his hands he holds two children (a girl - Mick Ding Lee, who was 7 years old and a boy - Rene Chen, who was 6 years old). Explosions rumbled in the background, and a helicopter circled over the lake. It was because of the helicopter that the tragedy occurred. A pyrotechnic explosion damaged the tail rotor. The pilot tried to keep the helicopter in the air, but he failed, and he began to fall right into the lake. The propeller blades of the helicopter hit the actors. The girl Ding Li and the actor Vic Morrow were decapitated. The boy also died on the spot from a terrible blow.

2. "The Raven" (1994) - Brandon Lee died. The film "The Crow" from the very beginning of filming brought nothing but trouble. On the first day, the carpenter suffered burns when the hoist he was operating hit electrical wires. After some time, the storm destroyed part of the scenery. The crew's truck burned down. Would be another carpenter who screwed his hand with a screwdriver. But the worst was yet to come. There was a scene filmed where actor Michael Massey as Fanboy shot the main character, The Crow, played by Brandon Lee. The weapon was serious, Magnum 44 caliber. There was a live round in the Magnum's barrel and the bullet hit right in the stomach. The actor died under the spotlight, without waiting for qualified help. At that time, Brandon Lee was only 28 years old.

3. "The Messenger" (2002) - Sergei Bodrov Jr. died. The most serious accident in Russian cinema is the death of Sergei Bodrov Jr. On the set of the film "The Messenger" in the Karmadon Gorge, he died. The film crew also died with him. It all started when a stone block fell off Mount Jimara. Following it, the Kolka glacier collapsed. Stone avalanche 5 km long. and a width of more than 200 meters demolished everything in its path, burying 130 people of local residents under it. 23 people were from the film crew. Rescue work began immediately, but only one local resident was saved, who was found two days after the tragedy. In total, 17 bodies were found, among which Bodrov Jr. was not. Yes, they are unlikely to be found.

4. "Conqueror" (1956) - the film crew is infected with radioactive rain. The film "The Conqueror" about Genghis Khan was filmed in the desert of Utah. Nearby is a nuclear test site. During filming, there were radioactive rains that came from the sites of explosions of nuclear charges. As a result, many participants in the filming fell ill with cancer and died. In total, 220 people worked on the set, 91 were diagnosed with cancer. Even before the 80s, 46 people died. Among them was the actor John Wayne, who played the title role, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, director Dick Powell. Actor Pedro Armendariz committed suicide after learning about his illness.

5. "Director" (1969) - Yevgeny Urbansky died. On November 5, 1965, the life of Yevgeny Urbansky was cut short right on the set of the film "Director". In the scene where the car was supposed to jump from the dune. The first double came out good, but we decided to repeat it and make the jump higher. The car overturned and the actor received numerous fractures and injuries, after which he could not be saved. If he had bowed his head instead of leaning back, he would have survived.

6. "My border" (2002) - Andrei Rostotsky died. Director Andrey Rostotsky started shooting the film "My Border" in 2002. The film tells about the life of Russian border guards. On May 5, 2002, Rostotsky chooses a place for further filming near the Maiden's Tears waterfall. He climbs a rock and falls from a 30-meter height. Having received multiple fractures, he died without regaining consciousness. He was only 45 years old.

7. "The Expendables 2" (2012) - the death of a stuntman. The incident took place at the Ognyanovo reservoir, 15 miles from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. There is a scene where an explosion should occur in an inflatable boat with two heroes. The explosion was arranged by specially hired pyrotechnicians, but for some reason the system failed, which led to misfortune. As a result, one stuntman died, two more were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Sylvester Stallone, who plays the main role in this film, was at that time in a different place, as he was filming in a different scene.

8. "The Exorcist" (1973) - mystical events. There is still no exact data on the number of deaths that occurred during the filming of The Exorcist. Different sources say different things: from 4 to 9 people. Jack McGouran passed away shortly after playing his part. He had a heart attack. In general, the process of filming this film was accompanied by mystical events. The film crew even brought in an exorcist to "exorcise the demons". The son of actress Mercedes McCambridge, who voiced the demon in the film, killed his wife and child in 1987, and then himself. At the premiere of the film in Spain, lightning struck the cross of a nearby church. The cross was 400 years old.

9. "Poltergeist" (1982-1988) - the death of actors. During the six years of filming, 6 people died. The most memorable case was the death of 12-year-old Heather O'Rourke, who was admitted to the hospital. There were suspicions that it was the flu. The next day she was gone. Dominique Dunn, who was 22 years old, died at the hands of her fiancé, who was a terrible jealous. Julian Beck (age 60) died of stomach cancer. Will Sampson, who played the medic, died of kidney failure a year after filming. He was 53 years old. They say that this happened due to the fact that during the filming, real human bones were used as props, and so the spirits of the dead took revenge.

10. Superman (1951 onwards) is a damn movie. It is believed that after filming in the movie "Superman" the actors are sure to be overtaken by misfortune. George Reeves played Superman in 1950. In 1959, he was found murdered with a gunshot eight days before his wedding. Christopher Reeve fell off his horse in 1995 and became paralyzed. In 2004, he died of a heart attack. Margo Kidder suffers from bipolar disorder. Marlon Bardo went to prison, and then his son Christian died. Richard Pryor suffers from multiple sclerosis. Kirk Allen and Dean Cain's careers went downhill.

Interrogated in connection with an accident on the set of the series "Smersh". The tragedy occurred on Friday, September 14, in Tutaev, Yaroslavl region, during the staging of a scene of a mass brawl.

During the action, one of the extras hit one of his colleagues too hard in the temple. A 50-year-old man was sent to the hospital in an ambulance, but the doctors could not save the life of the victim.

Valery Shuvalov turned out to be dead on the set, he was supposed to receive 500 rubles for shooting in the episode.

Russia opened a criminal case and is now interrogating witnesses, one of whom is Makarov.

“On September 14, 2018, in the evening, a man, born in 1967, was taken to a medical institution, who received a head injury during the filming of the film, which took place in the city of Tutaev, - says in the message of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Yaroslavl region. Despite resuscitation, the victim died. On the fact of what happened, the investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, negligently resulting in the death of the victim).

The deceased was not a professional actor, but took part only in the filming of extras.

“According to the investigation, a resident of the city of Tutaev, who was involved in filming a scene of a mass brawl, received a blow to the temple during a rehearsal,” the Investigative Committee reports.

“Currently, investigative actions are being carried out aimed at collecting and consolidating the evidence base. The person involved in the commission of the crime is being identified.”

Filming of the series "Smersh" began in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region in June this year. Having filmed all the material in the city, the film crew moved several hundred kilometers to Tutaev, where they continued to work.

The director of "Smersh" was the famous director and actor Oleg. The action of "Smersh" takes place during the Great Patriotic War.

“The whole picture is such a drive, an action movie, in the center of which there are two heroes,” told Fomin in an interview with the local P40 TV channel.

46-year-old Alexei Makarov made his screen debut in 1995 in a small role in the detective mini-series On the Corner, at the Patriarchs. Four years later, he starred in the film "Voroshilov Shooter", where he played one of the key roles - the negative character of businessman Boris Chukhanov.

Makarov has played over 80 roles in films and TV series, including In August 1944, What Men Talk About, Tsar, The Three Musketeers, Turetsky's March, Kamenskaya, and Particle of the Universe.

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The actor was awarded an award for the role of an officer of the department in the 2004 film "Personal Number", based on the tragic events of 2002 in Moscow, when terrorists took hostages at the musical "Nord-Ost".

Oleg Fomin began his acting career in the mid-80s in the films Fare, My Name is Arlekino and The Glass Labyrinth. In the 1990s, Fomin starred in several important films of the era, including Publican, Land of the Deaf, and Contract with Death. In recent years, the actor has been filming mainly in serials.

Fomin sat in the director's chair in 1991 on the set of the film "Cute Ep".

Fomin also works closely with serials. He directed the popular early 2000s project Next. Next ”with Alexander Abdulov in the title role. All came out three seasons of the series.

In the near future, Fomin's new feature film "Redheads" should be released on the big screens, and the series "Aliens" is also expected. The date of the release of "Smersh" on television has not yet been reported.

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10 Actors Who Died While Filming

The death of a beloved actor is always a surprise, shock and tragedy. Once we turn the page of a newspaper or magazine, click on the news link - here they are, sad headlines that report the passing of a great man. Can you imagine a situation when an actor literally gives his life for the sake of his beloved work? That is, the director, writers and the entire film crew are trying to realize what happened when the ambulance takes the body of the actor, who just played the planned scene.

Often, writers have to rewrite the storyline so that the character of the deceased actor can be carefully "removed" from some of the planned scenes. That's just a man will forever remain in the hearts of fans and spectators, who remain with sorrow to participate in the funeral procession. Those fans who are far from the place of farewell to the star, have to be content with the final TV show or biopic.

Consider the reasons why 10 famous actors left this world prematurely, devoting themselves to art for the last time.

10. Harry L. O'Conner

The actor did not have time to pave his own path in the film business, and he could not, because he played the role "in the backyard" - an understudy for Vin Diesel. Yes, yes, this bald man with biceps and powerful cheekbones did not perform dangerous stunts himself - stuntman Harry L. O'Conner was hired for this. Instead of the main character, he had to, being on the cable of the bridge, jump down to the submarine. Harry, unfortunately, jumped off too quickly and crashed to death on the bridge, which was recorded by the operator's camera. Sad footage from this episode was added to the final cut of XXX.

9. Brandon Lee

The talented heir to Bruce Lee, by the will of fate, also died at work at the age of only 28 years. The young Hollywood and Hong Kong actor was just starring in the gothic and rather dark film The Crow, the script of which was written based on comics. In the process of filming one of the final takes, where the main villain shoots the avenger "The Crow", Brandon was actually shot in the stomach. A fatal shot from a revolver pierced the peritoneum with a blank cartridge, which then stuck in the vertebrae and caused severe bleeding. Brandon died 12 hours later at the clinic from a hemorrhage. The sad event happened 17 days before the actor's scheduled wedding. Frames with a real shot did not get into the film, and the scene was re-shot with an understudy. After a closed funeral, the son was laid next to the famous father.

8. Paul Mantz

The brave pilot-racer, part-time stuntman for Hollywood films, served in the Air Force and even received a “colonel”. While working on the famous film "Flight of the Phoenix", the plane piloted by the actor crashed into a hill. It happened in July 1965. The aircraft fell apart in a crash into 2 parts, and Paul, at the age of 61, died on the spot. The co-pilot of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Unfortunately, alcohol, found by the commission in the blood of stuntman Mantz, served as the root cause of the plane crash.

7. Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jean Mortenson, who conquered the world, was so imbued with the life of her heroine that she even died during filming. It happened on the set of the film with the prophetic title "Something's Got to Happen" in 1962. The woman abused drugs, which led to an overdose and subsequent death. The film was never completed. The seductive blonde, who had an affair with President Kennedy and even starred for Playboy, could not restrain her vices. Rumor has it that the abuse of antidepressants and drugs developed against the backdrop of a strong inferiority complex, which, in theory, should not have formed at all with an actress of such magnitude and popularity.

6. John Eric Hexum

The attractive actor drove many fans crazy, thanks in large part to his modeling career. On the set of the popular series Hidden Fact, fate played a sad joke on John. When he inadvertently directed a firearm to his temple and pulled the trigger, he fired a blank cartridge, which was previously covered with a metal sheath. The fragile bones of the skull were pierced, due to which the actor died from extensive bleeding. An unexpected tragedy for everyone happened in 1984, and its "culprit" was a charged "magnum" 44 caliber.

5. Bruce Lee

The famous Hong Kong actor, master and director of spectacular fights and just the smartest man in 1973 worked on a film with the mystical name "Game of Death". In the process of working inside the pavilion, Bruce fell sharply, to which the film crew immediately reacted and sent him to the hospital. Doctors made an unexpected diagnosis of cerebral edema, which, according to one version, developed on the background of the use of a tablet with meprobamate and aspirin in the composition. However, the star was not tested, which casts doubt on this information. After rumors spread that Lee's competitor had arranged the death, however, they were not confirmed either. The farewell to the actor was large-scale - thousands of fans, friends and acquaintances came to the citywide mourning. The body was then transported to Seattle, where Bruce's family could say one last goodbye and be buried.

4. Vic Morrow and two teenage actors Mika Ding Lee (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6)

A terrible tragedy happened to the participants during the filming of the famous film "The Twilight Zone". The actor and a couple of school-age children, according to the script, portrayed the Vietnamese who escaped American pursuers by helicopter during the war. Unexpectedly for the entire film crew, the helicopter with the actors exploded, which led to their death on the spot. So in 1982, the famous actor of Charlie's Angels and Bad Bears, as well as two children who were just starting their careers in show business, passed away.

3. George Camilleri

The ill-fated film "Troy" became a landmark for several Hollywood actors at once. Known to all, Brad Pitt managed to damage the Achilles tendon - you see, it is very symbolic. But this incident faded before the real tragedy. Colleague on the set George Camilleri managed to break his leg right in the process. Everything would be fine, only in the hospital a couple of days later he had a heart attack against the background of a blood clot that had come off in the injured leg. Another attack followed, which eventually led to the death of the actor.

2. John Ritter

The talented actor of the film “Three is a company” starred in one of the series in the fall of 2003. During the filming of the next take, John began to complain of bursting chest pain and severe nausea, fainted, after which he was sent to the hospital. There, the actor was diagnosed with a "heart attack" and an emergency operation was scheduled for the same evening, during which, unfortunately, he did not survive.

1. Paul Walker

Many fans of the film "Fast and the Furious" heard about this sensational death, as fate played a cruel joke on the main actor. During his lifetime, an experienced racer, Paul, along with a friend, got into a car accident on the way from filming. The car caught fire, which led to the death of passengers (Walker and Roger Rodas). Filming was delayed, but the film was released anyway. His brother had to replace Paul.

The talented actors mentioned in the review were devoted to their favorite work to the last, delighting fans with their work for the last time. Let's remember the kindest and most pleasant moments of a career in memory of worthy people.

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Poltergeist has been called a cursed movie, with four actors associated with the franchise dying in six years. The first tragedy happened to 22-year-old actress Dominique Dunn. On the evening of October 30, 1982, she rehearsed one of the Poltergeist 2 scenes at her home in Los Angeles. At this time, the ex-boyfriend of actress John Sweeney knocked on the door. A squabble ensued, the girl offered to go outside. There, Sweeney attacked the girl and tried to strangle her. On November 4, the actress died without coming out of a coma. The killer spent only 6 years in prison.

60-year-old Julian Beck, who played the role of the priest, died of cancer in 1985 - a few months before the end of filming of the second film. The team continued filming with a created double of the actor.

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In 1987, 53-year-old Will Sampson from the movie Poltergeist 2 died. The actor died a month and a half after a heart transplant operation.

Young Heather O'Rourke died in 1988 of a myocardial infarction caused by septic shock due to intestinal stenosis. The girl was only 12 years old.

During the filming of the third "Poltergeist" (1988), the pavilion with the props caught fire. Several technical workers were hospitalized with burns of varying severity. Another dark story is connected with the third part of the franchise. While filming promotional shots for the film, actress Zelda Rubinstein felt a jolt and lost her balance for a second. At the end of the photo shoot, Rubinstein found out about her mother's death and flew off to the funeral.

After developing, it turned out that in one frame Zelda's face was illuminated by a strange haze. The actress was sure that the push and the veil on the frame were signs of her late mother.

Brandon Lee - "The Crow" (1994)

There were quite a few accidents on the set of The Crow, including fires, but the death of Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son, was a shocking tragedy. On March 31, 1993, work was underway on the finale of The Crow, where the hero Brandon Lee is killed by his enemy Fanboy, played by Michael Massey. By a fatal accident, the pistol, from which Michael shot Brandon, got a plug, which, when fired with a blank cartridge, mortally wounded the actor in the stomach. Brandon was 28 years old.

The actor's mother sued the film company for negligence and won the case. No charges were brought against Michael Massey, but this did not save him from a protracted depression.

Experienced stunt coordinator Mark Ackerstream also died on the set after being hit in the head by debris from the explosion.

Jack McGowran - The Exorcist (1973)

54-year-old actor Jack McGowran, who played in the episode, died immediately after filming was completed from a heart attack. Later, the tragedy overtook the family of actress Mercedes McCambridge, who voiced the demon Pazuzu in the body of the main character. In 1987, her son killed his wife and child and then committed suicide.

Vic Morrow - The Twilight Zone (1983)

53-year-old actor Vic Morrow and two child actors (seven-year-old Mika Ding Lee and six-year-old Rene Shin-Yi Chen) died on the set. Explosions rumbled in the background, and a helicopter circled over the lake, which Morrow ran across with the boys in his arms. The explosion of pyrotechnics damaged the tail rotor of the helicopter, it began to fall into the lake. From the impact of the blades, all three died on the spot.

While watching movies, viewers often marvel at the masterful stunts performed by the actors. In the most dangerous moments, the main actors are often replaced by professional stuntmen, but sometimes the artists insist on independent work in all scenes without exception. But sometimes actors have to pay the highest price for being able to shoot without stunt doubles. In our review, domestic actors who died on the set.

Andrey Rostotsky

The son of Stanislav Rostotsky and Nina Menshikova was not only an actor, but also a stuntman and stunt director. He was very talented and always worked carefully, calculated possible dangers in advance, was collected and focused during work. And he died during the filming of the film "My Border", in which he acted as a director.

Andrei Rostotsky, when choosing a location for filming the next scene of the film, fell off a cliff near the Maiden's Tears waterfall near the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort. The 30-meter rock left no chance of survival. The actor and director received many injuries, including a craniocerebral one. Andrei Rostotsky died on the operating table.

Evgeny Urbansky

The creative biography of the actor was very bright. Evgeny Urbansky, after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, was accepted into the troupe of the Stanislavsky Theater. On the theater stage, he sometimes played 28 performances a month. The debut of the actor in the cinema was also successful. He made his debut in Yuri Raizman's film The Communist and instantly became one of the country's most popular and recognizable actors. Later, Evgeny Urbansky starred with Grigory Chukhrai, Andrei Konchalovsky, Vasily Ordynsky and other directors.

While working on the film by Alexei Saltykov "Director", Evgeny Urbansky had to rush through the dunes and overtake the motorcade in the frame. The first take seemed to the second director not quite spectacular, and he suggested reshooting the scene. Yevgeny Urbansky supported the director and got behind the wheel of the car again. This time, a kind of "flight" by car through the dunes was unsuccessful. The car overturned, the actor received many injuries. They didn't take him to the hospital. He was only 33 years old.

Alexander Chekaevsky

Alexander Chekaevsky was one of the most sought-after actors in the Leningrad Pushkin Theater. In addition to serving in the theater, the actor acted in films and, according to his colleagues, was very talented. In 1963, during the filming of the film "Hamlet" directed by Grigory Kozintsev, he was hit by a train and died instantly.

Inna Burduchenko

Filming in the film "Flower on the Stone" was supposed to be the second film work for the young talented actress Inna Burduchenko. The heroine of Inna had to take out the banner from the burning building. But at some point, a wooden burning barracks collapsed on the young actress. She was pulled out of the fire by a simple miner Sergei Ivanov, who himself received multiple burns.

Inna was brought to the burn center in Donetsk (the shooting took place in the mining region). For 15 days, doctors fought for the life of the young actress, and numerous donors donated blood and skin for the girl. It was not possible to save Inna Burduchenko, who was also in her third month of pregnancy. The director of the film "Flower on the Stone" was sentenced to two years for the death of the actress.

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

The actress, who starred in "Mimino" and "Volunteers", "Running" and "Seven Nannies", was popular and loved by the audience and directors. She could play many more bright roles, but an accident on the set in Ordzhonikidze claimed the life of a talented actress.

When the entire film crew left for the city, the actress was left alone in the house where the filmmakers lived. It was November, it was already quite cold, and the house was not heated. Michaela hoped to keep herself warm with the lights, but she didn't think that the heat from the lamps could cause a fire. The actress woke up when a blanket caught fire, slipping onto one of the spotlights, but she could no longer get out of the fire on her own due to carbon monoxide poisoning. When the door was opened, the fire began to spread even faster due to the draft. The actress, who received severe burns, was urgently sent to Moscow, but even the country's best specialists were unable to save the life of Mikaela Drozdovskaya.

Yuri Gusev

A wonderful actor did not immediately find his calling. He managed to graduate from the Electromechanical College, serve in the army and work in his specialty at various research institutes. During his student years and during his work, Yuri Gusev was an active participant in amateur art activities. And then he decided to change his profession and become an actor. He has about 90 films to his credit, he starred in the films "Eternal Call" and "Long Road in the Dunes", "Winter Evening in Gagra" and "Return of the Resident".

An absurd accident caused the death of Yuri Gusev in 1991 on the set in Tashkent. The actor simply stumbled and fell, but so unsuccessfully that he received an open head injury, from which he died on the spot.

Sergei Bodrov Jr.

The talented actor and director died in 2002 while working on the film The Messenger in the Karmadon Gorge. After the end of the filming day, the whole group was heading to the city when the rapid descent of the glacier began. Ice and stones, moving at a speed of about 180 kilometers per hour, covered the entire gorge in a short time. 125 people were buried under a 60-meter layer. Together with Sergei Bodrov, more than 40 people from his film crew died. All of them are listed as missing, the bodies of the dead have not been found.

Cinema is a small life that an actor lives in the frame. It would seem that there is nothing wrong with playing a tragic role. But when this role is not played, but already lived in real life, it becomes clear