The Crow: Cursed?

The worst thing that happened on the set of The Crow.The CrowBrandon Lee died. Lee's character was shot by Funboy. The on-screen death became real. Events led to Lee's end on March 31, 1993. The weapons master left for the day. The propmaster filled the .44 caliber gun with blanks without checking the barrel.

The actor playing Funboy, Michael Massee, fired at Lee.Michael Massee fired at Lee from very close range. The bullet pierced the actor before hitting the stem of his aorta, killing him. After several unsuccessful blood transfusions, Lee passed at 1:04 pm.Because there were eight days left of filming The Crow, producers rewrote scenes. They filmed as little as possible, using Lee's stunt double. They even used early CGI to place Lee's face over the double for closeups. This increased the film's budget.According to veteran actor Jon Polito, the first day of shooting The Crow hosted a terrible accident. A crew member driving a cherry picker to set up lights fell into a ditch. An eyewitness said it was a narrow escape from death., Lee passed at 1:04 pm.

All of his organs burned. He was about 26. His wife was pregnant. It was a bad opening for a film.After the death of The Crow star Brandon Lee, many questioned how such a tragedy occurred. Hollywood insiders pointed fingers at Michael Massee, the actor who played Funboy.Massee faced no criminal charges, but he carried the guilt of Lee's death for the rest of his life. In 2005, he told The Telegraph, "It absolutely wasn’t supposed to happen. I wasn’t even supposed to be handling the gun until we started shooting the scene and the director changed it."

Veteran actor Jon Polito said even the first day of shooting onThe film had unexplained events that drove most crews off the set. Actor Jon Polito discussed bizarre happenings with The AV Club. He recalled, "The third night we shot, I remember the prop truck caught fire."Nobody knew why the prop truck caught fire.

If that is not a bad omen, what is it?Getting into stunt work means risking injury. Most stunt people work smart to avoid getting hurt. Unfortunately, on the set of The Crow, the universe worked against the crew, and one stunt man almost lost his life.. He was about 26. His wife was pregnant. It was a bad luck opening for the film.

After the death ofThe CrowMany Hollywood insiders pointed fingers at Michael Massee, the actor who played Funboy, asking how such a tragedy occurred.

Though no criminal charges reached Massee, he carried the guilt of Lee's death for his whole life.In 2005, he toldThe Telegraph, "It absolutely wasn’t supposed to happen. I wasn’t even supposed to be handling the gun until we started shooting the scene and the director changed it."

Massee took several years off acting after the incident.

The film had strange events that kept most crews off the set. Actor Jon Polito talked with The AV Club about bizarre happenings during shooting. He recalled, "The third night we were shooting, I remember"the prop truck caught fire and nobody knew what that was about.

If that's nota bad omen, what is?

Stunt work means asking to get beaten up. Most stunt people work smart to avoid injury. Unfortunately, on the set ofThe Crow,the universe worked against the crew, and one stunt man almost died. Reportedly, while getting ready for a scene, the stunt personfell through the rooftop set, breaking multiple ribs upon landing.

During filming, a carpenter suffered bad injuries in a metal building. The crew member worked on a metal girder when it touched power lines.A carpenter touched power lines on the set.That shock caused severe burns on the carpenter's face, hands, and chest.

This was the sign telling the crew to stop filming.

Cast members on The Crow said...The Crow,Elements worked against them during production. Despite shooting in warm North Carolina, the cast and crew faced freezing temperatures.endured freezing temperatures..

A hurricane also hit the state during filming, destroying some sets.He destroyed some of the sets.Actor Jon Polito said, "The hurricane was so bad. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Cape Fear hotel, so that shows you what the film would be like."

Different stories exist about the incident, but they all agree: the set got almost totally destroyed multiple times. One account states a sculptor lost control of his car and hit a set piece.He lost control of his car.He slammed into a set piece.

TheLA Timesclaims that a "A disgruntled sculptor went berserk." and drove his car through the set, destroying the plaster shop. It's amazing that The Crow finished with all that set destruction.The CrowHe finished with all the set destruction.

Accidents happen on big film sets, especially in the art department. Working in art means building sets, painting, and doing whatever is needed for the movie's look.

One art department member allegedly got a screwdriver shoved through their hand.He shoved through their hand.This awful accident adds another point suggesting The Crow might have been cursed.The CrowThe Crow might have been cursed.

According to Bridget Baiss' book on making The Crow,the shoot was never on time.The shoot was not on schedule. Not only did the cold weather stop filming, but something else kept the film from finishing on time; no one knows what that was.

Setbacks from the slow schedule were severe. By the time Brandon Lee was on set, only eight days remained to finish the film.Brandon Lee died on set.There were only eight days left to finish the movie.

In 2016, Michael Massee, who played Funboy in The Crow,passed away in 2014, he passed away in 2014.at age 64. Massee worked on other films, but he never got over the memory of pulling the trigger on Lee; it consumed him for the rest of his life.

“I don’t think you ever get over something like that,” he told Extra in 2005.Extrain 2005.

The curse ofThe CrowThe Crow did not stick to the original script. Instead, it lay dormant, waiting for a new strike. After the sequels yielded low returns for producers, a reboot of the original film was planned.A reboot of the original film.Pre-production for the reboot began in 2008. Unknown reasons stopped those plans. The remake idea reappeared years later, but the cycle of actors, directors, and writers remained the same.The cycle of actors, directors, and writers kept the project dormant.The project stayed quiet until 2016. Then, Sony Pictures announced an October 2019 release date. That plan failed, though, because the third director dropped out of the project in three years.

The Crow.The remake looked doomed until something changed.Bloody Disgusting.Bloody Disgusting reported on January 29, 2020, that "the project is back in active development." Samuel Hadida's Davis Films, Highland Film Group, and Electric Shadow bought the distribution rights. They reportedly remain involved in production. No other details have surfaced.