Nightmare on Elm Street star Lisa Wilcox has claimed that a “mirror exploded on set” while she was filming the movies after a major set mishap.
The iconic horror star soared to fame when she starred as Alice Johnson in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and starred in the 4th and 5th films. Lisa exclusively revealed to Daily Star that filming was not as plain sailing as it seemed and some rather spooky things happened on set.
She said: “There was an incident where the scene where I’m looking in the mirror and pulling the pictures off, the intention was I’m going to dive through the mirror to get to Danny.
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“So I’m standing on this platform in front of a mirror and they said, Okay, we’ve put little explosives around the mirror, and it’s just going to make the mirror just kind of crack and then the pieces will fall down.
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“I’m like okay, so action happens. The mirror exploded and I was literally thrown backwards off the platform. Fortunately, there were people standing around, not that they thought they needed spotters while I was up on this platform and they caught me.
“I had candy glass in my hair. And of course, I was practically hysterical, that was terrifying. They sent me home for the day because obviously, it was very upsetting. Someone’s head probably rolled that day because those explosives were not supposed to be so powerful.”
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The star also explained that she was not the first choice for the role when the director Annette Benson chose Alice. Lisa revealed: “My manager had submitted me for the role of Alice in A Nightmare on Elm Street and I was very excited because I was already a big fan of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
“He called me and said, well, they won’t see you. Because I look I played I had I played more like beauty queens and cheerleaders I had all the makeup and had virgin platinum blonde hair.”
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“Benson auditioned hundreds of actresses in Los Angeles, New York, and they could not find their Alice. So they went to the reject pile and there I was.”
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