10 Celebs’ Movie Roles That Nearly Ended Their Lives

5. Jackie Chan – Police Stay

Jackie Chan is an iconic actor that everyone knows and loves. He does all of his own stunts, so needless to say, he has encountered his fair share of on-set injuries. In this particular movie, however, things got bad fairly quickly. They were shooting a scene where Jackie Chan was in the middle of a mall fight, and had to slide down a metal pole with light bulbs exploding around him, but something went terribly wrong and the actor ended up cracking his 7th and 8th vertebrae, dislocated his pelvis, and burnt his hands pretty badly. Obviously enough, the actor was rushed to the hospital where he had a very extensive stay and production of the movie was put off for quite some time. This, however, did not stop him from doing what he loves because as soon as he healed and was well enough, he was right back at it again.

6. Jaimie Alexander – Thor: The Dark World

Thor is a superhero action movie that comic book fans everywhere are obsessed with. Actress Jaimie Alexander was on the set filming an important scene in the movie when she had a horrible accident that almost cost her her acting career. It was a dark and rainy morning at 5:00 AM when the actress was starting to walk down a metal staircase, lost her footing, and slipped. She fell down onto the concrete and slipped a disc, chipped 11 vertebrae, dislocated her left shoulder, and tore her left side rhomboid. The actress could not film for an entire month while she was in recovery, and she was quoted saying that it was the worst pain of her entire life. That is one nasty fall that was sure to put a stop to production and delay the making of the movie. At least this star was okay and able to make a full recovery without any permanent damage being done to her.

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