I heard Anderson was injured

[catgirl]

Hey, I know that a couple times Amanda Tapping has been injured. But, I also heard on a website that Anderson was once injured filming Stargate, possibly in the Fifth Race. Can ya fill me in with what ya know?
Thanks!
Catgirl (meow)

 

[CynVision]

The most often thing mentioned about "The Fifth Race" is the unanticipated punch from Chris Judge while filming the boxing scene.

 

[maconeill2001]

yes and I read recently that Rick twisted his knee or something while caring WYlie! So we'll see Jack limp a little at the beginning of season 6!!! It's not too serious though, don't go on panicking!

 

[pamie]

Yeah I have just read about his knee and how he hurt it...poor Rick

 

[hyacintheve]

Is there a link to the article(s) that talks about his injuries?

 

[maconeill2001]

sorry, I erased the e-mail I received...

 

[CynVision]

http://tv.zaptit.com/shows/features/features.html?24088

This contains some spoilers for season 6 so watch out.

 

[Lonewolf89]

It seems as though their job is more painful than it looks.

 

[hyacintheve]

Thanks, CynVision!

 

[skoon]

hey hyacintheve love your Avy!!!

 

[hyacintheve]

Thank you!!!:rolly2:

 

[catgirl]

Can any of you recomend any sites where I might find out if he has ever been injured on the set of Stargate? I checked rdanderson.com but I really couldn't find anything, and I almost got lost in the site-there is so much information, but none that is really that I want. Thanks!!

Catgirl (meow)

 

[CynVision]

Oh lord, I hope they don't exprience accidents much. I don't think they'd post it anyplace either if they did. If everyone knows what they're doing, there shouldn't be much like that.

I'll haul out the theater angle here again to give you the idea of types of injuries I've seen on stage in ten years. I've seen a few injuries: Broken toes from a platform that fell apart, broken leg when a truck was being unloaded, broken thumb from being in the way of a slipstage, sliced hand from a bandsaw. I've fallen off ladders. Seen other folks fall off ladders. I've electrocuted myself. And I've given myself a concussion running into a pipe.

I've seen more almost-accidents: a ladder nearly swung round and knocking someone seriously, a spotlight frame falling off a rope and hitting the deck where people were standing, a barndoor comming loose while an actor was under the light, badly weighted scenic systems getting out of hand, a winched backdrop catching a ladder and nearly sending it into the seats.

This stuff happens to crew more than actors. I've heard a story about a stage collapse nearly killing some actors in Chicago two years ago, but it was found out that it was a bad design and the city would not have approved it's use if the inspectors had known about the tourning company using it. (or that was the story the inspector used to divert blame... but I digress...) I feel good not having been in a show where something injures an actor like that. But I've known a few crew sporting casts and bandages. But dollars to doughnuts they'd have avoided it if they'd thought twice about what they were doing. And every show needs a good Technical Director.

I expect the SG actors are almost never around for the set-up part where these things can happen in. They're carted in solely for filming and then wander away while stuff is changed around. But, we do see them with guns and explosives. For much of that it's the stunt men and stand-ins working. The principals are worth too much to put in something overly dangerous. Like the story about RDA said: they'll get injured out in their day-to-day lives, when they don't have their people minding them.

 

[pamie]

Yeah I don't really think that they get that hurt too often on the set.
Amanda Tapping said at SG4 that she gets a lot of bruising on set but nothing major or anything!

 

[skoon]

"I've given myself a concussion running into a pipe."

All I can say is OWWWIE!!!!

 

[CynVision]

Originally posted by skoon
"I've given myself a concussion running into a pipe."
All I can say is OWWWIE!!!!

Oh, I said a whole lot more than that when I came back from the brief moment of darkness that swallowed me. I was on my butt with no memory of hitting the floor. The fly line teamsters were leaping off the fly-rail catwalk. It must have looked pretty bad from where they were. But, it was my own damn fault for looking at the stuff on the floor and jumping over it while not looking for the pipe they were attaching it to.

 

[skoon]

reminds me of my friend's dog, whom, as soon as she was let off the leash, ran straight into a pole.

 

[catgirl]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You sure seem to get banged up!! What was your job in theatre?
I guess you're right. They wouldn't want to advertise injuries. i heard that Amanda Tapping got a concussion or something once on the set, but that had something to do with wrong mementum or something. It's kinda hard when you're getting thrown around.
Do you know any examples of scenes where they used a stuntman instead of the real actor?

Catgirl (meow)

 

[skoon]

I believe she recivedher concussion in the ep right after the series premier Children Of the Gods, can't remember the name, 'tis the one where Kawalsky is taken over by a G. He threw her against the wall off the elevator. In an interview AT said that when Sam Carter crumpled to the floor in a heap, it was really Amanda crumpled on the floor in a heap & they didn't know she was really knocked out until they said cut & she didn't come too. Would it be a stunt double to slid all the way down the glacier for Sam in Solituteds?

 

[pamie]

Originally posted by skoon
. Would it be a stunt double to slid all the way down the glacier for Sam in Solituteds?

I know we should not really be chatting about Amanda in here as its the Jack forum..but I will say one last thing..as far as I know it was Amanda herself doing that scene in Solituteds as she said it was a difficult one to film coz she kept sliding around all the time!