Although it was not a scene as intense as Tom Cruise’s in ‘Mission Impossible’, this actor broke two fingers in one of the most famous franchises in film history.
Accidents and unplanned events are commonplace during filming.. Since the paranormal phenomena that happened to the actors of The Exorcist and Poltergeisteven injuries in movies like Kill Bill and Star Wars: The Force Awakensno one is exempt from suffering a setback.
The stunts that audiences are so accustomed to in action films, fight scenes and even the events captured in certain disaster films involve great dangers for everyone involved in a production. Knowing this, It is essential to carry out these tasks with the utmost care to ensure a good result without neglecting the well-being of those involved..
One of the most epic accidents occurred during the recordings of The Lord of the rings. Although there are no scenes as extreme as those of Tom Cruise in the franchise of Mission Impossible or those of Keanu Reeves in John Wickone of the sequences caused its protagonist to break several fingers.
It was in 2002, while filming The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towerswhen Viggo Mortensen had not one, but numerous accidents while playing Aragorn. During the scene in which his character comes across the bodies of burned orcs, in a moment of anger and despair thinking that Merry and Pippin are among them, Aragorn kicks a helmet and falls to his knees while screaming in despair. .
This moment captured a really genuine essence given that Mortensen was in an actual accident. In fact, Mortensen’s kick to the helmet was so intense that he ended up breaking two of his toes doing it.. Despite the incredible pain he felt, Mortensen wanted to be professional and continued the scene without saying anything until it was over and he realized that he had broken his toes. The scene was so believable that they decided to use it and can now be seen on the tape.
This wasn’t the only scene in which Mortensen had an incident. When he shot a sequence in which he floated down a river, the also actor of Green Book: A friendship without borders He got caught in a current and was submerged under water. Fortunately, Mortensen was able to be rescued in time and everything remained a bitter anecdote.
