SHERIFF
01-16-2004, 02:45 PM
1) actor.......
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada admitted the unthinkable on Thursday: He came within an inch of accidentally beheading Tom Cruise during filming of "The Last Samurai," reports The Washington Post.
The frightening incident occurred during a scene in which a mechanical horse Cruise was riding failed to fall down as planned. Sanada was using a real sword and swung at Cruise as he was supposed to do. But the horse didn't fall, which left Cruise sitting upright--and in the path of the sharp sword. "Tom's neck was right in front of me, and I tried to stop swinging my sword, but it was hard to control with one hand," Sanada told reporters in his native Japanese while promoting the movie in Taiwan. "The film crew watching from the side all screamed because they thought Tom's head would fly off." Fortunately, tragedy was averted.
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada admitted the unthinkable on Thursday: He came within an inch of accidentally beheading Tom Cruise during filming of "The Last Samurai," reports The Washington Post.
The frightening incident occurred during a scene in which a mechanical horse Cruise was riding failed to fall down as planned. Sanada was using a real sword and swung at Cruise as he was supposed to do. But the horse didn't fall, which left Cruise sitting upright--and in the path of the sharp sword. "Tom's neck was right in front of me, and I tried to stop swinging my sword, but it was hard to control with one hand," Sanada told reporters in his native Japanese while promoting the movie in Taiwan. "The film crew watching from the side all screamed because they thought Tom's head would fly off." Fortunately, tragedy was averted.