10 Things You Didn't Know About Jurassic Park

4. Sam Neil Injured Himself While Filming Jurassic Park

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Okay, so which fake dinosaur was Neil injured by while filming Jurassic Park. Was he sliced open by the T. rex teeth, hurt by an overzealous man in a Velociraptor suit or almost crushed by the Tricerotops? Unfortunately, it was nothing as glamorous as any of those, Neil injured himself while waving a flare around in the scene where he tries to draw the attention of the T. rex away from the overturned car.

Some phosphorous from the flare fell onto Neil's arm while filming, the injury being exacerbated by the substance getting caught under his wristwatch. Neil was quoted after receiving the injury as saying "It took a chunk of my arm out", a phrase that the actor must have exaggerated as his arm still appeared to look quite normal in subsequent films. Apparently Neil now has a scar on his arm as a result of the incident - a great (if painful at the time) memento of his involvement on the film. There aren't many people in the world that can tell a story of when they received a scar while trying to distract a T. rex, now that's a belter to tell the grand kids.

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