Tom Cruise Reveals 'Jack Reacher' Injury: Gnarliest On-Set Injury?

by SodaHead Slideshows Posted 2012/12/19 16:00:00

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Malcolm McDowell

Remember the classic brainwashing sequence from "A Clockwork Orange"? Malcolm suffered scratched corneas as a result of it.

Tom Cruise

Tom hurt his foot as a result of kicking a stuntman in the crotch too many times; poor stuntman!
Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan has had dozens of injuries, but the worst came during “Armour of God,” when he fell from a tree and landed on his head. To save his life, surgeons had to remove pieces of his skull from his brain.
Brad Pitt

While filming a rain-soaked chase scene in "Seven," Brad slipped on a car bonnet and stuck his arm through the windshield. His injury was worked into the script.
Halle Berry

Not only was Berry’s arm accidentally broken while filming “Gothika,” she was also concussed after smashing into a lighting fixture during “Catwoman.”
Sylvester Stallone

Stallone has a metal plate in his neck thanks to a fight scene with Stone Cold Steve Austin in “The Expendables.”
Malcolm McDowell

Remember the classic brainwashing sequence from "A Clockwork Orange"? Malcolm suffered scratched corneas as a result of it.
Sienna Miller

Sienna had a nightmare on the set of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” Not only did she injure her hand after slipping on a rubber bullet, but her cleavage was also set on fire by a spark!
Viggo Mortensen

Viggo kicked an orc helmet on the set of “The Two Towers"; unfortunately it was a lot heavier than it looked, and he broke two toes.

Tom Cruise Reveals 'Jack Reacher' Injury: Gnarliest On-Set Injury?

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Tom Cruise gave his first interview since his split with Katie Holmes on Tuesday, and he had a story to tell about an injury he sustained on the set of his new movie, “Jack Reacher.”

After a question from Jimmy Fallon about doing his own stunts, Cruise said, “There's a scene where I'm kicking a guy in the balls... We had to do the take over and over again, and the first ten times it was like, 'Yeah!’ After about 50 times in, my foot was swelling...I kept having to loosen my shoe."

How does Cruise’s injured foot compare to some of the worst injuries in movie history? Fellow heartthrob Brad Pitt stuck his hand through a windshield while filming “Seven,” and Viggo Mortensen broke two toes when he kicked an orc helmet on the set of “The Two Towers.”

Sylvester Stallone fractured his neck in a fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin — and remember the brainwashing scene in “A Clockwork Orange"? Malcolm McDowell’s corneas were scratched as a result.

Halle Berry broke an arm during “Gothika” and was concussed by a light fixture during “Catwoman,” while Sienna Miller hurt her hand AND had her cleavage set on fire on the set of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.”

However, the king of on-set injuries is Jackie Chan. The worst one of his career came when he fell from a tree during the filming of “Armour of God” and landed on his head; to save his life, surgeons had to remove pieces of his skull from his brain.

Check out our slideshow and let us know: Who do you think had the gnarliest on-set injury?

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Timothy Carlson 2012/12/20 00:00:30

Jackie Chan

+16
Wasn't Brandon Lee KILLED during the filming of 'The Crow'? Getting killed beats all of these injuries BY FAR.
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codie.paul 2013/01/03 18:12:59 (edited)

Sylvester Stallone

Haha. This is not an injury. Seriously. If this wasnt funny it wouldnt even be news. He just kicked a guy in the balls too many times. Big deal. Haha. Maybe he shouldve done it right the first time. Or switched feet haha. And sounds like he was enjoying it too much haha. Stallone faced a serious injury though. I remember watchin the feature on The Expendables they had to put the movie on hold. Thats an injury. Same with Jackie Chan's, although that is much worse. I havent even heard of it till now but wow. I always knew he was tough, but never knew he was this tough. And Bruce Lee had a son who died on set? Wow. Doesnt get any more serious then that.

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glen 2012/12/28 16:18:56

Jackie Chan

WOW !!! REALLY ?

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Ramón 2012/12/25 17:14:05

Jackie Chan

They should have put Kevin Smith's name in the list, but failing that, I chose Jackie Chan. Any injury Tom Cruise suffered (repetitive motion injury from kicking a stuntman in the crotch... GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME Tom) pale in comparison to Chan or Smith.

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Mya Faire 2012/12/23 21:02:36

Jackie Chan

Lacking the the option to choose "Other", I vote for Jon-Erik Hexum, who died from a self-inflicted shot from a prop gun.

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Picasso's Cat 2012/12/23 12:37:34 (edited)
art1ej 2012/12/23 12:20:36

Jackie Chan

Like thats scary....

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Kurbdog 2012/12/23 03:59:30

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is so tough he can kick HIS OWN ass!

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Dave 007 2012/12/22 16:17:37

Jackie Chan

+1
Number two would be Harold Lloyd (what you never heard of him, google him). He blew off his fingers with what was a fake bomb, but was real.

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BeeBeeQ... to Dave 007 2012/12/23 14:42:33

It's amazing he didn't die doing half the stuff he did, ultimate daredevil

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cranejumper 2012/12/22 11:26:01

Jackie Chan

he gets involved in his movies

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HipJipC 2012/12/22 00:24:21

Malcolm McDowell

Out of these injuries having one's eyes injured with the possibility of losing your sight or some of it is to me the [gnarliest] worse.

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Rodimus Knight 2012/12/21 15:30:09

Jackie Chan

what about Shai LaBouf breaking his arm during the making of Transformer 2?

or Michael Jackson having his hair set on fire?

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Matt 2012/12/21 14:32:22

Tom Cruise

As a big fan of the Jack Reacher Novels - where Reacher is 6"5 I thought cruises injury must have been them putting him on a rack to stretch his 5"7 frame a further 10 inches and pump his chest out to 50 inches...

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Tordgaard 2012/12/21 11:36:12

Jackie Chan

Mr Cruise just likes to boast about how wonderful he is because he does his own stunts; seriously, it's embarrassing to hear him compensating like that.

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TKramar to Tordgaard 2012/12/23 06:14:40

"I hurt my foot kicking another guy in the balls"

what about the guy who had to keep getting kicked because you couldn't get it right? yeah, of course he had a cup, but still...

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Tordgaard to TKramar 2012/12/23 10:52:38

Agreed. Little Mr Cruise may have been suffering from a balance problem at the time since he was likely standing on boxes so he could reach the other man's cup.

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TKramar to Tordgaard 2012/12/23 17:02:22

For some reason, I'm reminded of a Nutcracker soldier who did go around kicking people in the nuts--but I can't place where I saw it. I think it was some sort of robot design.

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JackoClubs 2012/12/21 10:25:07 (edited)

Sylvester Stallone

Yeah...no, I don't care.

But a cool "porn movie parody" title for this flick would be "Jack Reacharound".
This just occurred to me..how about Michael Jackson being set on fire filming that Pepsi commercial?

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nicesteve 2012/12/21 09:42:11

Jackie Chan

Probably Jackie Chan, due to his extensive involvement with
the aisan martial arts. Many of those can be quite dangerous.

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jerry.alan.carroll 2012/12/21 09:29:13

Jackie Chan

aw..TC got a boo boo...whatever. JC nearly died!

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SimImone 2012/12/21 06:12:58

Jackie Chan

owwie.... poor jackie

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P. Sturm 2012/12/21 03:39:07

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan wins in quality and quantity on that count.

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Adam Dodge 2012/12/20 23:07:13

Jackie Chan

It's not exactly on "set", but James Hetfield had a pretty nasty incident a while back.

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Huki68 2012/12/20 22:33:07

Jackie Chan

Stallone

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YOMOMMA 2012/12/20 20:41:30

Jackie Chan

MICHAEL JACKSON. I on picked my choice so I could write Michael Jackson.

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findthelight2000 2012/12/20 20:06:37

Jackie Chan

+3
For injury only. In Twilight Zone, the Movie, 1983 - Actor Vic Morrow was killed along with 2 children during the filming of an action scene. A production helicopter hovering above them crashed down into the actor and the two children. His episode in the film was included in the release but was edited to change the ending.

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Resp 2012/12/20 19:22:48

Tom Cruise

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Dave 007 to Resp 2012/12/22 16:18:43

+2
Wow, Cruise is a midget.

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NYCbrit 2012/12/20 19:09:31

Jackie Chan

But scratched corneas sounds pretty rough as well.

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PapaBC 2012/12/20 18:25:12

Jackie Chan

OR NONE of the Above

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zbacku 2012/12/20 18:20:49

Jackie Chan

+5
The most gruesome and DEADLY injury on a set was Vic Morrow's and the two kids he was carrying through a lake when a helicopter fell on them and ..............well.

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Dave 007 to zbacku 2012/12/22 16:19:50

+1
Good one, I forgot about this one. Sgt. Saunders will live forever.

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Resp to Dave 007 2012/12/23 05:06:37

Yes they are gone. But it is nothing to lose ones head about.

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eli 2012/12/20 18:14:36

Jackie Chan

+2
Injury to skull is the worst kind of injury. He is lucky to be alive and still functioning!

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gmiing 2012/12/20 17:28:14

Jackie Chan

Out of this group - Jackie Chan

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jathtech 2012/12/20 16:49:41

Jackie Chan

You gave us the answer. Seems like it's an 89% pass rate on this test.

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Zuggi 2012/12/20 16:47:14

Jackie Chan

+2
Brandon Lee, obviously.

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triplet granny 2012/12/20 16:43:33

Jackie Chan

On this list Jackie wins, hands down. Lou Diamond Phillips sustained pretty serious injuries when he was dragged by a horse in one of his movies.

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TruXter 2012/12/20 16:04:23

Brad Pitt

+1
Actually Bruce lee's son.

He died on set.

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Bolrog to TruXter 2012/12/21 10:16:30

My thoughts exactly

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