It is no secret that Daniel Craig underwent multiple critical injuries while filming his acclaimed James Bond movies. From getting his front tooth knocked out to seriously injuring his knee, the star has seen some of the worst possible injuries on the film set. His grave injuries finally led him to call it quits with No Time to Die in 2021.
However, Craig wasn’t the only one injured on set, for an Assistant Director sustained alleged career-ending injuries during the filming of Spectre, leading to a $3.5 million lawsuit in 2018.
Daniel Craig’s Spectre Resulted In $3.5 Million Lawsuit
Daniel Craig had to undergo multiple surgeries thanks to the many injuries he suffered while being James Bond. However, his injuries, while grave, weren’t as serious as the Assistant Director Terry Madden suffered during the filming of Spectre. While filming in the Austrian Alps, he had his legs crushed by an out-of-control Range Rover which was being used as a camera mount. His legal representatives, regarding the accident, stated (via Deadline),
“On 17 February 2015, the Second Unit were filming action sequences of an aeroplane flying through a valley in the Austrian Alps using a remotely-operated camera rig mounted on a Range Rover. At the end of one of the shots, the vehicle skidded out of control and hit Mr Madden, pinning him against a camera rostrum and crushing his legs. He was airlifted to hospital in Austria and subsequently repatriated to the UK by air ambulance.”
The injuries resulted in several fractures and severe nerve damage, leading to countless surgeries He later lodged a lawsuit for $3.5 million in damages in 2018, against the producers of the franchise, Eon Productions and B24.
Terry Madden Describes The Accident As ‘Soul Destroying’
Having worked for numerous award-winning and acclaimed franchises like the Avengers and X-Men, Terry Madden is an acclaimed Assistant Director and well-respected in the industry. So having suffered such a grave incident on the set of Spectre was extremely hard for him, just as he stated while lodging the $3.5 million lawsuit (via Deadline),
“I felt privileged and proud to work and be part of an active, exciting, but hard working industry, at times sacrificing family life. Then to have a career you worked hard over many years to build up, taken away within a few seconds in this horrendous accident, has been soul destroying.”
And in 2020, Madden reached an undisclosed confidential settlement with the production company of the Daniel Craig-helmed franchise, before the hearing at London’s High Court (via BBC).
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