8 Movies That Put Their Extras Through Hell

Nowadays, it's easy to create torrents of water using CGI, but back in 1928, such a luxury obviously wasn't available.

While filming the climactic flood scene in his movie Noah's Ark, director Michael Curtiz was forced to use hundreds of thousands of gallons of the stuff, turning the production of this disaster movie into something of a disaster itself.

While watching this scene, you can see all the extras panicking and scrambling for safety. It looks pretty darn realistic, and that's because not all of them were acting: the sheer volume of water was so overwhelming that there was a very real risk of death for those involved. Three extras are said to have drowned, while many more suffered serious injuries - including a leg that needed to be amputated.

Still, throughout everything, Curtiz kept his cameras rolling, even going so far as to shout directions at the sea of terrified people in front of him.

The only good to come out of this biblical screw-up was that Hollywood promptly created new safety regulations for movie stunts. The scene may look great on film, but it came at a cost that simply wasn't worth it.