Actors Who Injured Their Co-Stars During Filming

Movie magic is all smoke, mirrors, and foam rubber, until someone goes home with a real bruise, broken bone, or scar. To sell a punch, kick, or fall, actors need to commit, and sometimes they commit a little too hard.

From legendary martial artists to modern superhero stars, here are some of the wildest times actors accidentally injured their co-stars.

Linden Ashby’s kidneys got wrecked in Mortal Kombat (1995)

Mortal Kombat surprised everyone by not being terrible (for its time), and a big part of that is how fierce the fights look. That realism came at a price for Linden Ashby, who played cocky movie star Johnny Cage.

While filming his big showdown with Scorpion, played by martial artist Chris Casamassa, an ax kick went wrong. Casamassa’s heel slipped between Ashby’s pads and nailed him right in the kidney. He later said he ended up peeing blood for days and said that “it hurt a lot.” On the plus side, the fight looked fantastic!