There are times when artists have to deal with scripted death. But some, under strange circumstances, literally repeat the tragic fate of their characters in real life. We talk about who these actors and musicians are in the material.
Aborted flight: Brandon Lee's accidental death on the set of The Crow
Brandon Lee, Son of the Cult Actor Bruce Lee died on the set of The Crow on March 31, 1993.
A scene was filmed that day where Lee's character, Eric Draven, was meeting with Michael Massey's mobster. The criminal was supposed to injure the main character.
However, there was a plug in the blank weapon, which flew out when fired and hit the actor (how this happened is still unknown). Brandon was taken to the hospital in critical condition. However, the doctors could not save him. Lee died due to blood loss. He was only 28 years old.
Shots of the murder did not make it into the final version of the film — they were destroyed. After the death of the actor, it was decided to end the film. Some of the scenes were filmed with an understudy.
Fateful date: Igor Talkov was killed a year after the death of his character
In 1990, singer Igor Talkov played the role of the head of the gang of racketeers Garik in the film «Beyond the Last Line». In the tape, his character is shot in the frame. Filming of the murder of the criminal by a fatal coincidence took place on October 6, exactly one year before the death of the musician.
Talkov died as a result of a chest wound at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg. The circumstances of his death are still not fully disclosed.
The film «Beyond the Last Line» was released in December 1991, two months after the death of Igor Talkov.
The transport is to blame: Leonid Bykov died after his character
The last picture in the filmography actor and director Leonid Bykov became «Aty-baty, there were soldiers» in 1976.
According to the plot, his character, Corporal Viktor Svyatkin, tragically dies under a tank during the Great Patriotic War.
A few years later, in 1979, Bykov had an accident on his Volga. He overtook the tractor and drove into the oncoming lane, along which the truck was moving. The actor could not avoid the collision. According to media reports, he died instantly.
I buried my son twice: a tragedy in the life of Nonna Mordyukova
In 1971, actress Nonna Mordyukova starred in the film «Russian Field» together with her son Vladimir from Vyacheslav Tikhonov. In the film, she also played the role of his mother named Fedosya.
According to the plot, the hero of Vladimir, soldier Philip Ugryumov, dies near Damascus, and his mother tries to survive the loss.
The tape is still considered mystical. After all, years later, an identical tragedy happened in the life of Mordyukova. In 1990, Vladimir Tikhonov died of heart failure. He was the only son of an actress.
The heart failed: the fatal death of Anatoly Papanov
In 1984, Anatoly Papanov played Vladimir Lobanov in the film «Wishing Time». According to the plot, the young wife of his character Svetlana Vasilievna (Vera Alentova) is trying to change her husband's life. However, he succumbs to the stress and dies of a heart attack.
Three years after the release of the film, Anatoly Papanov died of heart failure. He decided to take a cold shower. However, the actor's heart could not withstand the sharp temperature drop.
Broken back of the head: Alexander Solovyov fell victim to the killer twice
The star of the film «Green Van», actor Alexander Solovyov repeated the death of his character. In 1987, he starred as a thief named Shnyk, who dies from a stab in the back of the head.
At the end of 1999, an unconscious actor was found on the street by a passerby. At the hospital, he was registered as an unknown person due to lack of documents and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. A few days later he died. He was 47 years old.
Alexander Solovyov was identified only a month after his death. One of the mortuary staff recognized him as the hero of the Green Van.