“All the skin is gone”: This Star Trek actor was injured while filming this stunt

Crew members who travel aboard the starship Enterprise, criss-crossing the universe in search of unknown planets in the Star Trek saga, aren’t always the only ones taking risks. Sometimes it happens that their performers also find themselves in bad situations on the set.

Indeed, during production Star Trek: First ContactThe adaptation of the eighth film of the famous franchise, produced in 1997 and especially performed by Patrick Stewart, a series of stunts, which includes a huge explosion, was almost a failure on the set. Even causing serious injuries to the actor Alfred Woodard, who played the role of Lily Sloan in the film.

As he said at Collider’s microphoneWhile he came to review Season 2 of See two years ago, filming this dangerous series is one of his most memorable Star Trek adventures:

“There was a big explosion that we practiced for about 5 hours”he explained, pointing to a scene he shared with actor James Cromwell, who played Dr. Zephram Cochrane.

“My hands were bloody and all the skin was gone.”

“We trained for hours and hours and when the scene came the explosion was so powerful it would have knocked us down wherever we could.

I managed to pull myself up His head was on the side and we told him the line. And then I ran to Jonathan . My hands were bloody and my skin was peeling. The suit was obviously torn. I told him I ruined the suit and my hands were bleeding. He replied: “Good! we have !’ And he’s gone.”

The stunt is, to say the least, relatable and painful for the actor, but which he still humors today.

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