While he was living Nezinho in Destino Proibido, the actor died of a brain aneurysm on January 21, 2008. The character disappeared.
The protagonist of Velho Chico died on September 15, 2016, at the age of 54, while diving in the municipality of Canindé, in the interval between the recordings of the soap opera, in Sergipe, in the bed of the São Francisco river. Domingos reportedly went to take a bath in the river after lunch and never came back.
The telenovela “Velho Chico” unfortunately had another loss. This time Umberto Magnani. At the age of 75, he suffered a stroke after feeling sick while preparing to record scenes for the serial. His character, Padre Romão, was replaced by actor Carlos Vereza.
One of the greatest tragedies in the history of national television drama happened on December 28, 1992. Daniela Perez, daughter of author Glória Perez, was killed by actor Guilherme de Pádua, also an actor and her co-star, and by his wife at the time, Paula Thomaz.
The actress who played Yasmin, left her character with a study trip as a justification for her disappearance. The character Bira, played by Guilherme de Pádua, simply ceased to exist.
Jardel Filho, who played the mechanic Heitor, one of the main characters in Sol de Verão, died on the 19th of February 1983, when there were 17 chapters left before the end of the plot, which, as a result, was advance. The death of the actor moved Brazil and so, a beautiful tribute was made by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri.
One of the most resonated tragedies was that of one of the great stars of “Fast and Furious”, Paul Walker he died in late 2013, aged 40, while filming for the franchise's seventh feature was still ahead. half. Walker was in a car accident, due to mechanical failures in the vehicle.
His brothers Cody and Caleb Walker were responsible for finishing the incomplete scenes.
While recording the features "Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death, actor Bruce Lee died due to a brain swelling caused by an allergic reaction to a drug consisting of an analgesic and a relaxant muscle.
To continue the work, the producers used look-alikes and archival material to finish the films.
At the same time that Cory lived the teenager Finn Hudson in the musical series Glee, consolidating his career peak the Canadian actor was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, Canada, after consuming heroin and alcohol. The work was released shortly after his death.
At the time of the incident, the actor had just played the Joker in “Batman: The Dark Knight”, 2008. As soon as he left one film and engaged in another: while recording the filming of “The Imaginary World of Dr. Parnassus,” Ledger died of drug overdose.
In that period, there were no recordings of even a third of the film. The solution found was to change the script of the feature. Ledger's character changed identities several times. Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law were responsible for alternating the role.
River Phoenix had a promising career that was cut short by a drug overdose on October 31, 1993. This occurred while he was participating in the film Dark Blood, which was interrupted and remained so for a long 20 years.
To prevent the material from being lost, director George Sluizer secured funding to finally complete it. The result was shown at the 2013 São Paulo Film Festival, with a narration by the director on top of still images in the sections that were not shot, reading what was foreseen in the script.