Dylan O’Brien recently opened up about the serious injuries he sustained while he was filming for The Maze Runner: The Death Cure. During the shoot of the third part, O’Brien was pulled off a moving vehicle while wearing a harness and was subsequently struck by another vehicle, which resulted in significant injuries. The 33-year-old shared that the life-threatening incident changed his approach to safety on set.
In an interview with Men’s Health, O’Brien shared how the incident impacted him and said, “It was a life-changing incident. I’ve approached everything differently, you could say, particularly with regards to standing my ground on set.” He noted that young actors are often discouraged from speaking up, fearing they’ll be labelled as “difficult”.
“It’s very commonplace in the culture for young actors to be controlled, and the way they strive to do that is by always being like, Oh, don’t become difficult. Don’t be a pain in the ass. Or are you complaining, are you being difficult? Things like that,” added the actor.
The Teen Wolf actor then mentioned that he has learned to stand his ground. “I learned after the accident to not conflate taking care of yourself and looking after yourself. Don’t let them manipulate you into thinking that is being difficult,” O’Brien said, before continuing, “Because I can look at that day and know I was a 24-year-old kid who was raising concerns about how we were approaching things, and they were not .
