Terence Stamp was involved in a near-death experience on the set of his new film, according to an interview with the actor in the Daily Mail.
The Oscar-nominated star of Billy Budd revealed that a horse fell on him while making Bitter Harvest, a period romance starring Max Irons and Barry Pepper.
“My horse had a habit, when I brought it to a stop, of lifting its front legs up,” he said. “On my last day, I brought it to a stop but slid off the back … I looked up and saw that this horse, which weighed half a ton, had lost its balance and was going to fall directly on me.”
Stamp went on to say that the horse fell on his chest and pelvis, leading to multiple injuries. “If it had landed any further up, it would have killed me,” he said. “It broke my pelvis in six places, two ribs and ripped a tendon in my arm.
“I always imagined that my last thoughts would be somehow profound, but what went through my mind was, “Distinguished actor killed by horse’s arse.’”
He joked that if he had been American, he might have considered legal action but he “couldn’t be bothered”.
Stamp recently made headlines after claiming that you “can barely get by speaking” English in London anymore. He was last seen on the big screen in Tim Burton’s Big Eyes.
