Late last night, I received a second-hand eye witness report that an extra had been killed in an accident on the set of Transformers 3. I couldn’t verify it, so I didn’t run it, because I’m sure we all remember what can happen when you accidentally report that a living person is dead. The good news is that the extra is alive, though the fact that a person who saw the accident thought she wasn’t doesn’t bode well. …And I’m realizing now that the Massive Headwound Harry Photoshop may have been in poor taste. TMZ‘s account:
Officials say the accident happened during a driving scene … when an object went through the windshield of a car, hitting the driver.
An extra on the set described the accident to WLS-TV … saying, “The vehicle was being towed by another vehicle … the cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman’s car and sliced through her skull, apparently. ”
The victim was airlifted to a local hospital. We’re told she’s currently in critical condition.
Yikes. At least Michael Bay has some good karma built up from the puppy thing. More from CBS Chicago:
During the stunt, an object struck a 2006 Toyota and went through the windshield and hit the driver, according to the release. 24-year-old Chicago woman Gabriela Cedillo was an extra in the movie and the owner of the Toyota, but was not a member of the stunt personnel, State Police said. After being struck, the Toyota hit the inner median concrete barrier and continued for almost a mile before coming to a stop, according to the release. The vehicle had extensive damage to the driver’s side.
Off-duty Indiana State Police troopers were at the location working with Alliance Security and notified State Police immediately, according to the release. Fire and emergency medical service personnel were also on scene at the time of the crash and Hammond, Ind., fire personnel also responded.
Ugh, I hate reporting depressing, serious news. If I wanted to do that I would’ve put on pants, and not gotten fired from all those other jobs. Usually on Michael Bay movies, the head-injury stories are less literal.
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“She must smell my dog”
What Michael Bay says whenever an actress flirts with him to get a movie role
Gabriela wasn’t driving. She was applying Armor All to the dashboard.
Boy I’ll tell ya, the only wound I care about is Megan Fox’s axe wound, you know what I’m sayin’? BWAHAHAHA.
Chula Vista checking-in at 77 degrees.
Michael Bay: *sad explosion*
the Toyota hit the inner median concrete barrier and continued for almost a mile before coming to a stop
Members of the Prius Owners forum were quoted as saying “Lucky bitch”.
This works out for Bay. An accidental lobotomy puts her right in his target demo.
Morning Zoo wins the best new commenter shtick award.
Nick Hogan just Tweeted, “Yo girl, I gots ta hook ya up wiff my brah!”
Also off the record but growing up on SNL and Letterman as a 30 yr old man now remembering how awful my parents were, or how great, but them to allow me to stay up late most nights, cuss at home around shocked friends and force my Teddy Ruxpin to dish out amazing blumpkins, well I am grateful. I took a shortcut through an alley downtown in the Loop last week and saw Teddy going down on an old grizzly type man and a lone tear rolled down my cheek like an Indian witnessing pollution and litter. Then I wiped it off and got in line behind four other folks waiting for the grizzly man to burst inside the boy bear.
On a positive note, at least now she won’t have to watch the movie…
See what happens when you use “literally” wrong, Pete Hammond? Bad things literally happen.
In his defense, Michael Bay has said all along his films are meant to be mindless entertainment.
What kind of waiver do they make you sign in order to be an extra on a major motion picture set? Can this woman sue the living bejesus out of Michael Bay if she recovers? More importantly, can we get a snide remark from James Cameron regarding this?
When you say “sliced through her skull”, how much and whereabouts are we talking? B/c I can still work with it as long as the mouth and/or eye socket(s) are intact.
Bonus points? Inability to clinch her jaw :)
Meanwhile in Florida, nurses are baffled as to why John Graziano is suddenly sporting an erection.
Note to self: always start a scene by yelling “Action!” not “Take it from the top!”
Jayne Mansfield thinks Gabriela is a big pussy.
I’m not trying to one up her or anything but I got a wicked paper cut this morning.
The only other credit on her IMDB page is a PSA for the United Negro College Fund.
When reached for comment, Mudflap reported, “Oh, Day-ammmmmmm! I told that white bitch she couldn’t be handlin’ my cable.”
Apparently, Skids will not accept that his name is Toby.
Damn women drivers always losing their heads.
Breaking news: Cable slices through woman’s head as she tries to enjoy movie experience.
- this news story brought to you by DirecTV.
The production is gonna hook her up with a personalized wheelchair. Every time she blows on the go-straw, she’ll hear Optimus Prime say, “Roll Out!”
Gabriela Cedillo is an odd name for an Asian woman.
No word on what the object that went through the windshield was though? This could be even worse for Bay if it was one of those fabrege eggs, he is always hitting of model chests.
I looked quickly and thought the headline said “Transformers in Extra Critical Condition…”
That would’ve been a happier post.
When Vanity Fair sought his opinion about the incident, James Cameron said “That is EXACTLY the kind of 3D we should be doing! Visceral! RAW!!!”
Well, with any luck Michael Bay will use this as motivation to use even more CGI in his movies to avoid physical accidents. Because a green screen has never flown through someone’s windshield.
“Did we get the shot?”