Actors Who Were Seriously Injured on Set

Even with the best script, things can go wrong during the filming of a movie if safety measures aren’t regulated. And even when all of the rules are followed, an accident can still occur that leaves an actor bruised or broken for long after filming is over.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Sometimes an accident makes its way into the final film. During a scene in “Django Unchained” in which DiCaprio’s character angrily smashes his hand on a table, he cut his hand deeply, but continued the scene.

The raw emotion (and gushing blood) that followed the accident was just too good for Tarantino to leave out of the film.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks lost 50 pounds to portray the role of a marooned delivery man in “Cast Away,” but that wasn’t the hardest part of filming. Hanks cut his leg while on set and the wound soon got infected.

After suffering with the injury for weeks, Hanks visited a doctor and was diagnosed with a staph infection that nearly killed him from blood poisoning.

Channing Tatum

During the filming of a scene of the film “The Eagle” in a freezing cold river in Scotland, a crew member poured boiling water into Tatum’s wetsuit (in an effort to keep the actor warm) that ended up burning the skin off of the tip of the actor’s penis.

Tatum said that the incident was the most painful thing he had ever experienced.

Bruce Willis

During the filming of “Die Hard,” Bruce Willis found himself too close to a firing gun and as a result suffered partial hearing loss. His daughter, Rumer Willis has said that Bruce tends not to be very talkative during interviews because he often still has trouble hearing the questions.