“Expensive Blunders: The Surprising Costs Behind Hollywood’s Biggest Filming Fiascos!”
His mistakes ended up costing the film thousands of dollars for all of the re-shooting that they had to do because Reynolds kept messing up the dialogue. One crew member even claimed that they could make a full-length film out of all the wasted footage they had.
A Loss Of Life And Money
While filming for The Crow, in a tragic accident, actor Brandon Lee was accidentally shot on set. Somehow, a fake bullet ended up in the chamber of a prop gun, and when fired, acted as a real bullet and fatally wounding Lee.
While the death of Lee was more heartbreaking than any amount of lost money, it also took a toll on the film’s budget. Due to re-shoots, scheduling conflicts, and basically remaking the entire film, the movie went $8 million over budget.
Rethinking Marty McFly
Although nobody could imagine the Back to the Future series without Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, that was almost the case. Originally, Eric Stoltz was cast for the part and spent an entire five weeks on set before it was decided by director Robert Zemeckis that Stoltz and Marty’s girlfriend weren’t cut out for their parts.
They then cast Fox, meaning that they had wasted an entire five weeks worth of money shooting footage that would never even be used in the film. They also had to spend a hefty amount of money recasting both roles.
