Brandon Lee Killed While Filming His Death Scene…..
March 31, 1993……
The actor Brandon Lee is killed while filming his death scene in the movie The Crow, when a prop gun accidentally fires a real bullet. Instead of buying commercial dummy bullets, the crew made their own by removing the bullets from live rounds, removing the gun powder, and then reinserting the bullets. However, the primer was left in a round. When the dummy rounds were used in a scene prior to the death scene, the gun was fired and the primer had enough force to expel the bullet into the gun’s barrel. Brandon Lee’s death scene was filmed later with the same gun, but using blank cartridges. A blank has the same gunpowder charge as an actual round, but no bullet. When the blank fired, it discharged the bullet that was previously lodged in the barrel with nearly the same force as an actual gun shot. Brandon was hit in the abdomen and died at the hospital. The movie was finished using a double and special effects and has become a cult classic. Brandon was the son of martial artist Bruce Lee.