Actress sues production company after suffering gruesome facial injury on film set
Actress Taylor Hickson Sues Producers Over Disfiguring Injury https://t.co/UZfR5MS16L pic.twitter.com/jC9UjuAHio
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 7, 2018
■ Taylor Hickson received 70 stitches in her face after suffering a severe laceration while filming the upcoming horror film Ghostland in December of 2016
■ During a scene, she was instructed to pound on the glass pane of a door: “after being asked to increase the strength with which [she] pounded on the glass, [she] asked one of the producers and the director if it was safe to do so. That producer and the director both replied in the affirmative.”
■ The glass shattered and she fell through it face-first. According to Hickson, the crafts services lady had to hold her face together with napkins: “She went through so many napkins, there was so much blood.”
■ Hickson is seeking damages for physical and emotion distress. The suit also reads, “as a result of the injury, she has lost income [during] the period of time she was unable to act while she recovered.”
■ Ironically, the production company is called Incident Productions, and the film's poster features the broken and slashed image of a young woman’s face. (wtf)
A NSFW/NSFL photo of her face after the injury can be seen at the source.
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thats terrible
That fucking sucks, I hope she wins.
she should get a good settlement, though. face scars get good $ and i would imagine the number goes way up if you rely on your looks for work.
poor girl
Damn. In a case like this she should only have to walk into the court room for the judge to award her whatever figure she's asking.
I find it surprising as hell that they weren't using movie magic glass that can shatter and would not cause this kind of injury. Because banging furiously on a glass that isn't super thick or bulletproof, it's gonna crack or break entirely.
Lessons are never learned with this set.
The flagrant disrespect of actors' safety is disgusting.