Behind-the-scenes facts about the movie Full Metal Jacket

[post_page_title]Broken ribs[/post_page_title]
Another reason it took so long to film Full Metal Jacket was due to R. Lee Ermey sustaining an injury during filming. A car crash led to the actor breaking all of the ribs on one side of his body, meaning that he had to wait in the wings for four and a half months.

Ermey was actually supposed to be out of action for much longer but didn’t want to waste any more time and so decided to jump back in and film the scenes anyway. In some parts of the movie, you can see he doesn’t move his left arm at all.