Actor Trampled during 'Johnny Thunder 3' Filming, Other Studio News
By: Andrew Bermudez (Pamplona, Spain; January 18, 2012) Yesterday, during the filming for Johnny Thunder and the Wisdom of the Ancients , one of the extras on hire was trampled by a bull. Though he did survive, he had to be rushed to the hospital for severe cuts, flesh wounds in the back, and two broken ribs. Originally, director Steven Lawrence wanted to re-shoot the scene, but assistant director Barry Hollows (he agreed to be assistant director after Simon Johnathon was demoted for "creating too many failed movies") said that there was no need to, since dozens of participants in the actual Running of the Bulls (or Mozos) get injured every year. The trampling in the center of this screenshot wasn't scripted. The blame for the bull being overactive, and thus trample the extra, went to production assistant Samuel Gordon, who was seen messing around with an electric cattle prod near the trained bulls. When asked to comment about the accident, assistant