10 Movie Stunts That Went Very Wrong (But Are Still In The Film)

One of the more unsung crafts in the world of filmmaking is that of stunt coordination, which no action movie would be able to succeed without.

Stunt performers put themselves in harm's way to make A-listers look good, and absolutely deserve their flowers - that is, a category at the Academy Awards.

While the majority of movie stunts are meticulously planned out to ensure they go off without a hitch, there are of course times where things don't go right.

For one reason or another something is off - perhaps wind conditions change, the stunt-person makes a mistake, or an unexpected act of God interrupts filming - which causes the stunt to go oh-so-wrong.

Though this often results in takes being unusable, sometimes the botched stunt looks so damn gnarly and brutal that the filmmakers feel compelled to use it in the final cut.

After all, stunt performers regularly speak of their willingness for botched stunt footage to be used where possible, so at least their pain and dedication has some sort of tangible payoff - beyond being paid, of course.

And so, these 10 stunts all went completely wrong, yet still found their way onto the big screen regardless...

Given Tom Cruise's insistence to perform almost all of his own stunts in the Mission: Impossible movies, it's frankly surprising the man hasn't injured himself more.

Yet things finally caught up with the actor-stuntman while shooting the series' sixth instalment, Fallout, when he was tasked with leaping across rooftops in London.

Though Cruise was harnessed up for the stunt to ensure he couldn't fall and potentially fatally injure himself - with the wires being painted out during post-production - he nevertheless miscalculated the jump and broke his ankle.

When Cruise contacted with the building on the other side of his jump, his foot smashed against the side of it, instantly breaking his ankle.

This resulted in production being shut down for seven weeks while he recovered, costing an eye-watering $80 million, which was thankfully covered by insurance.

However, director Christopher McQuarrie decided to include the fateful take in the final film itself, complete with a pained Cruise pulling himself up onto the rooftop and hobbling out of shot.

You can't knock the man's commitment to his craft, but boy, insurance companies must loathe him.