Paul Walker And Other Actors Who Died Mid-Way Through Movie Shoots

The world was taken back by the very sudden death of Paul Walker at the end of 2013, only to hit by the sad news of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s drug overdose in early February. Both actors were well liked in their personal lives and had successful careers, similarly they also were working on incomplete projects at the time of their deaths.

Oliver Reed suffered a sudden heart attack while filming Gladiator in 1999. The scenes that were not filmed were completed using CGI, computer-generated imagery and in one scene, a mannequin. Oliver Reed, we salute you.

When rising pop star Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001 she had been part-way through filming scenes for the second installment of The Matrix movies, The Matrix Reloaded. Aaliyah was just 22 years old when she died, although she left behind an impressive catalogue of songs as well as having starred in two feature films which she had completed. Aaliyah hadn’t filmed enough scenes for The Matrix Reloaded for the script to be rewritten around her, and her role was recast to Nona Gaye.