#21: Death of Natalie Wood, Brainstorm
Occasionally, an actor dies partway through filming a picture or other, and the production needs to make adjustments to create a finished film despite the death of one of the characters. We’ve even had some actors win posthumous awards for performances they didn’t finish.
But most of the time, we know how or why the actor’s unfortunate passing occurs. This wasn’t the case for Natalie Wood, whose body was found in the cold Pacific Ocean. While it was officially labeled an accident, Wood’s well-known fear of water led others to speculate that it may have been a murder.