Not fair or even informed.
Movie shoots are almost always a stressful gauntlet: 16-hour days of doing the exact scene over again, even if it’s eating cold mashed potatoes for ice cream under hot lights. Nothing’s working, they’re losing the light, the meter is running at thousands per hour, a star is refusing to see it the director’s way, holding up everything. Here they had explosions — human and otherwise — and actors have to prepare physically to make themselves believe their life is in constant danger. It’s not glamorous and yes, takes a toll.
Take a listen to Sly Stallone’s brutally honest commentary on “First Blood” if you want to know how much fun that millionaire had freezing to death half-naked running around for weeks in the Canadian winter.
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