10 Genuine On-Screen Acting Injuries You Probably Missed

8. Darth Vader Bangs His Head

A few years before David Prowse pulled on the most famous black helmet and cape combo in the history of Hollywood, he was playing silent, but physically imposing roles in sci-fis and fantasies that could take advantage of his towering stature and impressive build. By 1973, he had played Frankenstein's monster twice, a Minotaur, and a handful of musclemen, as well as a bodyguard in A Clockwork Orange, but it wasn't until he was cast as an Android in The Medusa Strain episodes of The Tomorrow People that his physical presence was most taken advantage of. Painted silver, and wearing a loin-cloth that made him look like Rocky Horror's big brother, the actor, who had his voice so cruelly (but correctly) dubbed out of the Star Wars movies, made an impression, especially on the rim of a cage that made up part of the fairly shoddily made set. Obviously struggling with the gold spray paint in his eyes, and temporarily bewildered by the fumes, Prowse took what looks like a nasty bump, while retrieving the captive from the cage... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-MoM_Nx5Y Clearly, the lowly budgets that infamous made The Tomorrow People an even cheaper Doctor Who knock-off were so stringent that the filming couldn't halt for such a frivilous thing as an actor thwacking his head off a great big piece of the set. So the director never called cut, despite the fact that a rather sheepish looking Prowse clearly looks directly into the camera, adding a slightly comical edge to what is already a very funny goof.