10 Horror Movie Scenes More Real Than You Think
7. Gothika - Robert Downey Jr. Broke Halle Berry's Arm
Considering it took a critical beating at the time, Gothika actually has a pretty neat premise, following a psychiatrist played by Halle Berry who suddenly finds herself institutionalised in the very place she works.
Robert Downey Jr. plays a former co-worker who's now in charge of her treatment which, as you can imagine, doesn't go smoothly. Adamant she doesn't belong there, the character's resistance to her imprisonment results in some intense physical scenes involving Downey Jr. and Berry, which were sometimes as violent in real life as they looked in the flick.
In one particular sequence, Downey Jr. accidentally grabbed Berry's arm at the wrong angle and broke it - something the actress has never forgiven him for, saying it was something that should never have happened on set.
Knowing the real life roughness involved in the performance certainly makes their interactions early in the movie all the more uncomfortable.