Here Are 14 Morbid And Shocking Behind-The-Scenes Secrets About Kids’ Movies And Actors
Kelly Martinez
5 min read
Two children were killed in a helicopter crash while filming a scene for <i>Twilight Zone: The Movie</i>.
Warning: The following contains mentions of sexual assault, abuse, and addiction.
1. Judith Barsi, who voiced Ducky in The Land Before Time and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven, was murdered by her own father in 1988. She was only 10 years old.
MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection“They’d give us pep pills,” Garland said about her teenage years under MGM Studios. “Then they’d take us to the studio hospital and knock us cold with sleeping pills…after four hours they’d wake us up and give us pep pills again…that’s the way we worked, and that’s the way we got thin. That’s the way we got mixed up.”
Additionally, her ex-husband, Sid Luft, alleged in his memoir (released posthumously) that Garland had been molested by the actors who played the Munchkins. “They would make Judy’s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress…the men were 40 or more years old,” he wrote.
Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection3. Lilo & Stitch (2002) originally included a scene where Stitch hijacks a Boeing 747 jet and crashes it through a building to save Lilo. After 9/11, Disney went back and changed the sequence completely, fearing it would be too close to the real-life attacks.
DisneyThe scene was replaced with a spaceship being hijacked and crashing into the mountains instead. You can watch the original, deleted scene below:
Warner Bros.The actor was fatally stabbed by Karl Bishop while attempting to protect his younger brother. Bishop was later sentenced to life in prison.
Here’s one of the scenes Knox was featured in:
Paramount PicturesIn the scene, Wonka leads a boat full of kids into a dark tunnel, where things get…weird. If you need a refresher on the nightmare-inducing sequence, here’s a clip below:
Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection6. Three people, including two young children, were killed while filming a helicopter scene for Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1982.
Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett CollectionThe scene was supposed to depict a helicopter bombing. When the aircraft caught on fire, however, the pilot was forced to crash land into a river, where actors were wading. The right landing skid crushed six-year-old Renee Chen to death. The helicopter blade then sliced through seven-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 53-year-old actor Vic Morrow, decapitating them both.
Bettmann / Getty ImagesThe child actors had been hired illegally, without the necessary permits secured. Several people involved in production, including the director, associate producer, and explosives specialist, were tried and acquitted for manslaughter.
The incident led to new safety standards being put in place in the film industry. On-set ambulances became mandatory, insurance companies were looped in with every detail, and risk managers were hired, for starters.
Er Productions Limited / Getty Images7. Buddy Ebsen was initially cast as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, but was replaced when he was hospitalized. The actor suffered from poisoning as a result of the makeup, which was made of pure aluminum dust.
Clarence Sinclair Bull / Getty ImagesThe role was recast with Jack Haley. Instead of directing applying the aluminum to Haley’s face, the makeup artists opted to mix it into a kind of paste, which they then painted on to his face.
MGM / Everett CollectionEbsen wasn’t the only one to sustain severe physical injuries from this film. Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, suffered from three degree burns from filming certain scenes.
8. The classic holiday film The Santa Clause was MUCH darker originally. Initially, Tim Allen’s character was apparently supposed to shoot Santa to death.
Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionAllen explained to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show: “The original Santa Clause is a little darker, written by two comedians, and I actually shot and killed Santa. … He fell off the roof because I thought he was a burglar. He gives me the card, the whole movie starts. The kid actually starts, ‘You just killed Santa.’ And I said, ‘He shouldn’t have been on the roof when he wasn’t invited.'”
Buena Vista Pictures /Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection9. Phil Hartman, who co-wrote the movie Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, was shot and killed by his wife, Brynn Omdahl, in a 1998 murder-suicide. He was 49 at the time of his murder.
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesHartman was also known for his role as Captain Carl on Pee-wee’s Playhouse and, most famously, his time a cast member on Saturday Night Live.
After shooting Hartman three times, Brynn fled the scene and drove to two separate friends’ houses to confess. She then returned to the house with a friend, who called the authorities. Brynn fatally shot herself before the police arrived to the scene.
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images10. Matthew Garber, who was known for playing Michael in Mary Poppins, died of haemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis as a result of complications from hepatitis in 1977. He was only 21 at the time of his death.
Disney / Courtesy Everett CollectionYou can watch a clip of Garber’s performance here:
Cbs Photo Archive / CBS via Getty ImagesThe actor was killed when a friend shot him over a money dispute. Switzer reportedly owed the acquaintance $50 and had failed to produce it. He was 31 years old at the time of his death.
Courtesy Everett Collection12. Pixar story supervisor Joe Ranft died in a car accident while he was in the midst of working on the movie Cars.
Walt Disney Co. / courtesy Everett CollectionRanft co-wrote multiple Disney films, including Toy Story and A Bug’s Life, and worked as a story artist on Monster’s Inc. He also had voice roles such as Wheezy in Toy Story 2.
Ranft and his friend, Elegba Earl, were killed after their car went off Hwy. 1 and descended 130 feet into water, close to the mouth of Navarro River. Ranft was 45 at the time of his death and Earl was 32. A third passenger in the vehicle survived.
Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection13. Bobby Driscoll, who voiced Peter Pan in Disney’s animated Peter Pan and starred in Song of the South, was found dead in an abandoned building at age 31. Despite being a household name as a child, his body initially went unidentified — his own mother didn’t find out about his death until a year-and-a-half later.
Disney / Everett CollectionDriscoll’s death was reportedly caused by his repeated use of heroin and other hard drugs. Prior to his death, the actor was arrested multiple times for drug possession, assault, burglary, and check kiting. “I had everything,” he said in an interview after being sentenced to prison. “Was earning $50,000 a year…working steadily with good parts. Then I started putting all my spare time in my arm.”
Everett Collection14. And finally — you know the “snow” they used in The Wizard of Oz? That was actually 100% asbestos.
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