Michael Rooker and Sylvester Stallone Nearly Killed While Making CLIFFHANGER

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"We were about to get electrocuted"



Michael Rooker, a.k.a. Merle from The Walking Dead, shared un untold story about the 1993 action movie Cliffhanger, starring Sylvester Stallone. According to the star, the making of the film was as dangerous as what you actually see on screen. Rooker recalled the dreadful events and told the folks at MailOnline that "we [the cast] were in real danger." Michael continues to describe the experience as "exciting and exhilarating, but at the same time we were all nearly killed."



Hit the jump to find out more from the highlights below, courtesy of MailOnline:

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'It was a real environment up in the Northern Alps in Italy and we were in real danger.'

'We were literally on the edge of this plateau where there was a drop off of about 10,000ft and we could see this storm coming from miles away.

'The decision from the crew was to stay and try and get this one last shot, then we'd get the hell out of there.

'By the time we set it up it was already too late. We were stuck in the middle of an electric storm, with lightning hitting the mountain tops all around us.

'The only protection was huddling together in this tent where our hair was standing on end because of the electricity.

'The air was popping all around us... they made an emergency call and had helicopters come up and get us.

'We were about to get electrocuted. Looking back on it, it was exciting and exhilarating, but at the same time we were all nearly killed.'

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[via MailOnline]

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