15 Actors who almost lost their lives on set (With Pictures)

8. Matthew Fox – Lost

Matthew Fox, who played the role of Dr. Jack Shepherd in the hit TV series Lost, came close to losing his own life while shooting a fight scene. With all the hustle and bustle that goes on on-set, it is sometimes easy to misplace objects or get confused by all the props, but sometimes a small mistake can lead to a fatality.

Terry O’Quinn was given a knife and told to stab his co-star Fox, but what O’Quinn did not know was that the knives had gotten mixed up, and he had not been handed a retractable knife. The confusion came from the director wanting Fox to be stabbed with an actual knife—at first, but then deciding that the protective gear seemed too bulky underneath Fox’ shirt. To fix the wardrobe malfunction, the director then decided to use a retractable one instead, but make Fox wear a smaller protective vest to prevent bruising. If Fox had not been wearing the vest, the knife would have went through him and he could have died.