Dylan O'Brien is opening up about the safety concerns he had on the set of 'The Maze Runner' just before the near fatal injury he sustained on set. In 2016, O'Brien was shooting the third installment in 'The Maze Runner' franchise when he was pulled off the top of a moving vehicle unexpectedly while wearing a harness and hit by another vehicle. This resulted in the actor sustaining serious injuries.
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00:00Dylan O'Brien is opening up about the safety concerns he had on the set of The Maze Runner
00:05just before the near-fatal injury he sustained on set.
00:08In 2016, O'Brien was shooting the third installment in The Maze Runner franchise when he was pulled
00:16off the top of a moving vehicle unexpectedly while wearing a harness and hit by another
00:21vehicle.
00:22This resulted in the actor sustaining serious injuries.
00:25The Saturday Night Star looked back at the life-changing incident during a recent interview
00:29with Men's Health, saying,
00:31"...I've approached everything differently, you could say, particularly with regard to
00:35standing my ground on set.
00:36It's very commonplace in the culture for young actors to be controlled, and the way they
00:40strive to do that is by always being like, oh, don't become difficult.
00:44Don't be a pain in the ass."
00:46Following his incident, the Teen Wolf alum said he's learned to stand his ground on set.
00:50"...Don't let them manipulate you into thinking that is being difficult, because I can look
00:54at that day and know I was a 24-year-old kid who was raising concerns about how we were
00:58approaching things, and they were not listened to, they were not respected.
01:01And then what happened, happened."
01:03He continued,
01:04"...I know I'm not difficult.
01:05I know I'm not an asshole.
01:06I know I was trying to protect myself that day, and so I've just never forgotten that.
01:10That's always rung true as being the thing to hold with me."
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