10 Times TV Shows Got Too Real
2. NCIS: New Orleans - Actors Sue CBS After 'Guerilla Style' Heist Causes Police Intervention
When it comes to shooting emotionally charged, dramatic events such as a robbery, it's highly important that everyone in the area is clued up as to what is about to go down.
That doesn't just mean the folks involved in filming the scene in question, either. If you're shooting on a genuine street with actual people nearby, probably best to let them know the crime they're about to see go down isn't actually for realsies. Because if you don't, well, what would any normal person do in this scenario? Phone the police.
That's exactly what went down during the shooting of a robbery scene for an episode of NCIS: New Orleans when CBS apparently chose to not obtain proper permits or notify people in the area before filming a 'guerilla-style' heist scene for the show in a crowded shopping centre. This lack of clarity over the situation eventually led to the police turning up and pointing their weapons at the actors on set, after someone called 911.
In the wake of this truly nuts situation, two of the actors involved that day are now suing CBS after their "terrifying and traumatic" experience and you can't exactly blame them.