Here are 4 real-life onset injuries that happened on set of The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead is the most popular show on television. Every week, Rick Grimes and the gang have to face off zombie survivors and walkers in order to survive. But, behind the scenes The Walking Dead can also be physically dangerous for the actors, leading to on-set injuries.
Here’s 4 real-life injuries on set of The Walking Dead.
1. Zane Orr
The Beautiful @LaurenCohan came to visit me on Sunday in the hospital, such a good heart and nice person. pic.twitter.com/LlvHaBzWEp
— Zane Orr (@zane_orr) September 10, 2013
In 2013, production stopped on set of The Walking Dead when a walker was run over by a truck. 20-year-old, Zane Orr, was hit by a military truck whose brakes malfunctioned, so the young background actor was immediately airlifted to a nearby Atlanta hospital. Apparently a 2.5 ton truck rolled over Orr’s stomach, but miraculously, his injuries were life-threatening and the young actor was released from the hospital just three days later.
2. Norman Reedus
You may think only the background extras were hurt on set of The Walking Dead, but Norman Reedus revealed the time he hurt himself on set, while filming the episode “Them,”:
“I liked us in the barn. Yeah, I liked in the barn, we’re getting overrun by walkers and the storm comes…I actually cut my arm up during that. And they got it on camera. But it didn’t make the cut. They said they actually saw my arm opening up and blood start coming out of my arm on camera.”
Ultimately, the episode’s director decided to cut the scene from the episode.
3. Soda machine vs. Norman Reedus
While filming an episode of The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus hurt himself by reaching into a vending machine and cutting his finger on the glass. In an interview with EW, Reedus asked the question that everyone was thinking:
“Why am I always getting hurt? I get hurt all the time. I feel like I should have like football pads on at all times, even when I’m just walking around.”
4. Car Accident
While driving his motorbike on set with Steven Yeun, Reedus and his co-star witnessed a car accident and stopped to make sure that everyone was okay. Fans were obviously shocked and awed by the selflessness of Yeun and Reedus. But what really excited them was the fact that both of the actors were heading on set to film new episodes for Season 7, at the time it felt like they both might have made it into Season 7.
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