Benedict Cumberbatch, Kate Winslet, Jason Statham: Stars Who Narrowly Escaped Death, photo 9

A Near-Fatal Chainsaw Incident In his 2013 memoir, Chain Saw Confidential, Hansen described how the limited visibility caused him to lose control of the chainsaw during filming. The running chainsaw slipped from his grasp, landing perilously close to his head.

Orlando Bloom’s Fall and Spinal Injury Before his fame as Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean, Orlando Bloom experienced a devastating fall. He fell three stories (a typo in the original source likely meant feet, but the text says stories) from a roof terrace, severely injuring his spine and facing the possibility of permanent paralysis. How did this event reshape the actor?