Oftentimes we see movies and wonder how those cool scenes came about or how they were shot. While CGI and special effects are constantly being used, some scenes are performed by human beings. Stunt doubles often carry out those cool backflips and leaps, but sometimes, it is the actors who do it themselves.
When the movie is released, we see some intriguing stunts and action scenes, without knowing that someone may have suffered a serious injury making it work. For example, Jackie Chan has been known for years for doing that, but some other people have suffered same thing.
Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler is a household name when you think about action, thrilling and even romantic movies. His recent movie “Plane” was a hit, like most movies of his, but he has admitted to suffering a serious injury while filming the movie.
In the movie, he plays a pilot that saves his passengers from a lightning strike, only to realize that it was just the beginning. He said he did not perform a stunt correctly, and he ended up with his head splitting open.
Unfortunately, that was not the only injury Butler admitted to suffering on the set of the movie Plane. He admitted to accidentally getting his face, hands and neck burned with phosphorus acid while filming. His hands were covered in a green fluid when shooting a scene that required him to fix an issue with brakes on the plane.
The fluid spread from his hands to his face accidentally as he was covered in sweat. Although flushing off the acid with water is recommended in such cases, the airline pilots on the set decided against it as it would make the burning worse. In the end, Butler confessed to the burning from the acid being great for the sequence.
While he is known for starring in serious movies with lots of action scenes, he said he performs his own stunts most times, especially the daring ones. He is known mostly for the epic war movie called 300, and has remained relevant till date.
