Random Actors Whose Costumes And Makeup Nearly Killed Them On Set (15 items)

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  (#12) Kuno Becker

  • Goal!, ESL: English as a Second Language, Goal II: Living the Dream, Imagining Argentina, From Prada to Nada, From Mexico with Love, Goal III: Taking on the World, Spoken Word, Lucía, Lucía, Nomad, Richness of Internal Space, Once Upon a Wedding, The Snitch Cartel, Sex and Breakfast, Panic 5 Bravo, Las paredes hablan, Cinco De Mayo: The Battle

  A household name in Mexico, actor Kuno Becker had an unfortunate accident due to the negligence of the makeup team while shooting a movie in April 2016. During filming, water was thrown at him and another actor, causing his makeup to run into his eyes and impair his vision by 85 percent.

  Apparently, the makeup contained harsh chemicals which nearly blinded him. On social media, he told his fans the accident was due to the makeup department failing to know what was in the products they used.  
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  (#13) Martha Mansfield

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Broadway Bill, The Warrens of Virginia, The Wonderful Chance, Max Wants a Divorce, Civilian Clothes

  Non-fatal costume and makeup mishaps are, sadly, not as uncommon as we like to think. But actors can usually recover from costume injuries - it's extremely rare that a costume actually kills someone. But it happened to actress Martha Mansfield.

  While filming the 1924 Civil War drama The Warrens of Virginia, Mansfield died in a terrible accident. A member of the cast flicked a match, which caused her elaborate costume to catch fire. While the other actors managed to put the fire out, they were not fast enough. Mansfield was so badly burned due to her highly flammable costume that she died in the hospital the following day. 
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  (#7) Johnny Depp

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street, Platoon, Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Alice in Wonderland, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Sleepy Hollow, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Ed Wood, 21 Jump Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hugo, Corpse Bride, Donnie Brasco, Rango, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dark Shadows, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Blow, Finding Neverland, Chocolat, Secret Window, Public Enemies, The Lone Ranger, Jack and Jill, Dead Man, Cry-Baby, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Benny & Joon, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, The Tourist, The Ninth Gate, Into the Woods, Don Juan DeMarco, Before Night Falls, Arizona Dream, The Libertine, The Rum Diary, The Man Who Cried, Transcendence, The Brave, The Astronaut's Wife, Mortdecai, Private Resort, Tusk, Nick of Time, When You're Strange, Deep Sea 3D, Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Slow Burn, Shantaram, Yoga Hosers, L.A. Without a Map, Happily Ever After, Cannes Man, The Source, Stuff, Sonic the Hedgehog, Wild Roses, Tender Roses, London Fields, The Devil, the Sinner, and His Journey, Untitled Keith Richards Documentary, Divine Rapture

  In the 1990 Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands, Johnny Depp played a shy not-quite-human with a penchant for topiaries and tight-fitting leather clothes. The latter proved too much for Depp during one scene, however.

  According to co-star Diane Wiest, "One night [Johnny] had to do a running sequence, running away from the house, I think at Christmas. And he passed out. He fell down and we thought, 'well is he acting? What's he doing?' and he'd passed out. Never complained, but he'd passed out from the heat of the suit. It was really remarkable, but somehow very revealing about him and that quality comes through his acting."

  Clearly Mr. Depp is more than willing to suffer for his art.  
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  (#3) Tobey Maguire

  • Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tropic Thunder, The Great Gatsby, Seabiscuit, Empire Records, Pleasantville, Rock of Ages, The Cider House Rules, Wonder Boys, 25th Hour, The Ice Storm, Deconstructing Harry, Brothers, Cats & Dogs, Ride with the Devil, The Wizard, Seeking Justice, Country Strong, This Boy's Life, Labor Day, The Good German, Quiet Type, Healer, Revenge of the Red Baron, Don's Plum, The Details, S.F.W., A Child's Cry for Help, Seduced by Madness, Whatever We Do, Beyond All Boundaries, Joyride, Duke of Groove, In Spite of Love, Pawn Sacrifice, Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown, The Spoils of Babylon, Z for Zachariah

  The upside-down Mary Jane/Peter Parker kiss in Spider-Man is one of the most iconic superhero film scenes - but it wasn't as romantic as it looked. As Tobey Maguire hung upside down, his mask forced rain water into his nose, turning the on-screen romantic kiss into more of a CPR situation on set. 
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  (#1) Jennifer Lawrence

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, X-Men: First Class, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Winter’s Bone, House at the End of the Street, The Beaver, Like Crazy, Serena, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, X-Men: Apocalypse, Joy, The Burning Plain, Garden Party, The Poker House, Company Town, Devil You Know, Not Another High School Show, The Glass Castle, Burial Rites, East of Eden

  Jennifer Lawrence signed on to play Mystique in X-Men: First Class before the one-two punch of Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook made her one of the most famous people in the world. It took Lawrence seven to eight hours to get into makeup for First Class, and the process involved six women painting her while she stood around naked. And the makeup came with nasty side-effects, too. 

  “I got a couple of things from the paint,” Lawrence said. “Like weird boils, rashes and blisters. [My doctor] had to pop them.”

  For the second film in the second X-Men trilogy, Days of Future Past, the process was amended so Lawrence wore a suit, and was only painted from the next up, but still, it took three hours, and she hated it so much she considered turning the part down. Among other concerns was her distaste standing around for hours breathing hazardous materials that might cause permanent damage.

  As she told Entertainment Weekly, “I love working with [X-men director] Bryan [Singer], and I love these movies... It’s just the paint…fumes and toxins. Now I’m almost 25 and I’m like, ‘I can’t even pronounce this and that’s going in my nose? I’m breathing that?’”

  If you've seen X-Men: Apocalypse, you surely noticed Lawrence was hardly ever blue. Because she was so famous for that one she just straight up said no. 
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  (#8) Boris Karloff

  • Natural Born Killers, Bride of Frankenstein, The General, Scarface, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Black Cat, Bride of Chucky, The Mummy, I Walked with a Zombie, Black Sabbath, The Terror, Son of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Raven, House of Frankenstein, The Walking Dead, Mad Monster Party?, The Body Snatcher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Raven, Targets, The Mummy's Curse, The Fatal Hour, Black Friday, Corridors of Blood, The Lost Patrol, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, The Mummy's Hand, Isle of the Dead, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Ape, The Sorcerers, The Ghoul, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Comedy of Terrors, Two Arabian Knights, The Black Room, Isle of the Snake People, The Crimson Cult, Doomed to Die, The Vanishing Legion, The Invisible Ray, The Criminal Code, Unconquered, The Daydreamer, The Mystery of Mr. Wong, The House of Rothschild, Bedlam, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, The Man They Could Not Hang, Voodoo Island, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, Die, Monster, Die!, You'll Find Out, The Venetian Affair, Devil's Island, The Haunted Strangler, Five Star Final, The Man Who Changed His Mind, British Intelligence, Frankenstein 1970, Boo!, Tonight or Never, Tap Roots, The Bells, The Last of the Mohicans, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, Tower of London, The Man with Nine Lives, Lured, Fear Chamber, Charlie Chan at the Opera, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, Before I Hang, The Emperor's Nightingale, The Devil Commands, Mr. Wong, Detective, House of Evil, Sabaka, The Strange Door, The Nickel-Hopper, West of Shanghai, The Invisible Menace, The Black Castle, The Little Wild Girl, The Climax, The Cave Girl, The Masked Rider, Destination Nightmare, El coleccionista de cadáveres, The King of the Kongo, The Mad Genius, Night World, The Boogie Man Will Get You, Night Key, The Lightning Raider, Forbidden Cargo, Lady Robinhood, A Fool's World, The Incredible Invasion, Juggernaut, Friend Good, The Mesmerist, Colonel March Investigates

  Boris Karloff, born William Henry Pratt, became an overnight sensation playing the monster in 1931's Frankenstein. The actual filming, however, was less than glamorous. While wearing lead-based paint on his skin and a heavy costume, he worked 19-hour days. According to his daughter, the already thin actor lost 25 pounds while filming. 

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