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.
You're supposed to be insured for on set injuries and such.
I twisted my ankle on the last day of shooting an indie short film and they set me up with workers comp for the work I missed because of my ankle injury.
The studio shouldn't have to go bankrupt if they set up things properly.