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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That being said movies are pretty easy to control and scenes can have little to no real danger even for the frail. That being said I see a lot of old actors still in movies.

Accidents still happen.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/12/british-production-firm-fined-16m-over-harrison-ford-leg-injury

Foodles production company faced sentence today at Aylesbury Crown Court after previously pleading guilty to two counts of breaching its health and safety duties. A court had formerly been told that Ford could have been killed in the incident while filming at Pinewood Studios in London.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1150034900/brandon-lee-killed-prop-gun-rust-shooting-death-alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins

Such accidents are even more deadly for the elderly.