Crew worried that someone would die due to Kubrick’s demand for absolute authenticity. When the actor descended, meters above the ground, one of the strands in the wire snapped, prompting the actor to drop the prop he was holding, which hit a camera assistant on the head. During another spacewalk sequence, Kubrick insisted that a stunt actor wear only a single safety wire, worried that multiple lines would compromise the illusion of floating in space. When he awoke, he went after the director, only to discover that Kubrick left the set, and he didn’t return until two or three days later. The actor - a former mercenary - blacked out and was pulled in. The actor signaled that he was running out of air, but Kubrick grew agitated and demanded that they continue the scene. At one point, a stunt actor was hanging dozens of feet above the floor for the film’s EVA scenes, sealed into a space suit, with only a couple of minutes of air. Kubrick’s attention to detail also came at the expense of his actors and crew.
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