Movies - TV
Patrick Swayze Was Almost Died Making His Best Movie
By CHRIS EVANGELISTA
Kathryn Bigelow's classic high-octane action film "Point Break" is perhaps Patrick Swayze's best film; however, the movie almost cost the actor his life.
In DVD bonus features, Swayze said, "I almost died six to ten times" and explained that he almost got his "brains pounded in by the biggest surf on this planet."
The actor continued, " I thought I was outta here. I had this bone in my sternum that I almost injured being on much bigger waves than I had any business being on."
He added, "We had to groove out my surfboard, build up my wetsuit to try and get me off that bone, but of course, it's not possible."
Despite the problems, Swayze survived the shoot. His performance is part of what makes the movie so special, even if all that surfing was almost fatal.