The Spanish actor Javier Bardem was one of the most impressive additions to the cast of “The little Mermaid” and left thousands of fans around the world waiting to see his performance, but the actor had an accident that almost left the world without being able to see him in the role of a newt because it almost left him lifeless.
Accidents on movie sets have occurred since they began recording more than a century ago, but many times they have ended in the worst possible way, having irreparable consequences for some and delaying or simply bringing production to an end, for luckily, despite how close this came to happening, Bardem was unscathed.
Javier Bardem and the terrible accident he suffered on the set of “The Little Mermaid”
The film directed by Rob Marshall has already reached movie theaters around the world and with it, the actors and crew members have begun to reveal some information about what happened during filming and it was precisely the director who told what happened with the actor.
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly Marshall commented that, during the recording of a scene, Bardem was hanging at a height of approximately 12 meters when suddenly, he fell abruptly, setting off alarms around the world, luckily he stopped later to fall about 4 meters thanks to the safety mechanisms.
“We almost lost Javier,” Marshall said, before adding, “Javier, who is the coolest man on the planet and also the nicest, said: ‘It’s okay. I’m fine. I’m fine. Everything is alright.’ But that was wrong”
What was Javier Bardem doing hanging 12 meters high?
To understand the origin of the accident, it is necessary to understand the technique that the team of “The Little Mermaid” used to record the underwater scenes, which is known as “dry-for-wet”, where the actors hang from harnesses to simulate the move underwater more naturally.
As the director highlighted, “In those moments you realized that what we were doing was quite a challenge. We didn’t shoot on the ground until almost half of the movie” luckily, this was the only incident that the production suffered during the recording of these types of scenes.