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5. Martin Sheen Suffered A Heart Attack Mid-Production - Apocalypse Now

To be clear, there's nothing funny or ridiculous about a heart attack, but the production's response to dealing with a 36-year-old Martin Sheen's mid-shooting coronary sure was absurd.

The shoot was a famously hellish one, and when Sheen suffered a heart attack on location in the Philippines, even the beleaguered actor himself worried about the costs it would incur a production already massively over-budget.

Rather than panic investors and cause the plug to be called, Sheen claimed he was suffering from heat stroke and insisted that the production shoot around him.

During the six weeks he spent recuperating, his brother Joe Estevez played a body double for any shots not showing Sheen's face, with the rest being filled-in once he returned to set.

Credit where credit's due, though - you'd never know by watching the movie itself, even if it's flatly insane that production wouldn't shut down after its lead actor almost dropped dead. Appropriately barmy for Apocalypse Now, at least.