10 Actors Who Paid Terrible Prices For Movie Roles

If you thought Brandon Lee’s death sounded like a case of gross negligence, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Back in 1982 in what’s probably the most infamous on-set death in the history of film actor Vic Morrow was killed in a horrific accident while filming the sci-fi anthology Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Directed by John Landis, Morrow’s segment featured a scene set during the Vietnam War in which his character saves two children (played by illegally hired child actors Renee Chen and Mica Dinh Lee) from a village under attack by American troops. While filming an explosion caused a stunt helicopter to spiral out of control and crash into the trio, decapitating Morrow and killing his two young co-stars instantly too.

A lengthy trial ensued and although Landis and several crew members were eventually acquitted of involuntary manslaughter the families of Morrow, Chen and Lee sued and settled out of court. Predictably, the amount was undisclosed but whatever the sum it was a small price to pay considering Morrow and his co-stars paid with their lives.