Famous people and their scars

[Lennon]

Every scar tells a story. Whenever I watch a film or TV and I see someone with a distinctive scar, I am always intrigued to find out how they got it. I know I can find it out on the web, but I can't think of any more people to do searches on - have done Harrison Ford, Tommy Flanagan and Guy Ritchie - any others?

[shybearuk]

Not a famous scar story, but my own distinctive scar. When I was about ten years old, I went to visit my cousin in Basildon, and, as children are wont to do, we went to the local playground to play 'pick up' on the roundabout. (For anyone not familiar with the game, the idea is that you crouch down on opposing sides of the roundabout and drop a stick or somesuch and the other kid has to pick it up while the roundabout spins, and so on and so on.) I managed to fall off, land with my leg under the roundabout and watch in amazement as my leg rotated through 180�. Came within millimeters of severing my tendon at the ankle, and now have a horsehoe scar running around the back of my left ankle.

[treaclefight]

joaquin pheonix has got a very sexy scar on his top lip, i think the pictures of him deserve several hours of research

[brawburd]

well shybearuk, THAT is why they banned roundabouts!! :)

[shybearuk]

They've banned roundabouts? My God, what is the world coming to?

[strozzi]

That'll change things dramatically in Milton Keynes !!

[Numbers]

What was wrong with 'Stars And Their Scars'?

[archhippy]

Not famous but i have about 15 scars all over my body i'm very accident prone the three worst are a 10 cm one on my left thigh where i fell off a low concrete bridge when i was 6 on my right elbow now mostly faded but its still there from where i drop a glass shower screen on it.and finaly they say first school can leve you with mentle scarring well i left with physical, i fell into a drain and took all the skin off my knee!

[secretsquiz]

in between the making of star wars and the empire strikes back, mark hamill acquired a scar on his chin - i think it may have been from a car accident. apparently the sequence at the beginning of empire strikes back with the ice monster was written into the film to explain why luke skywalker now had a scar.

[jellybaby22]

Princess Diana had small scars on her arms and legs which she admitted in her famous television interview were caused by cutting herself.

[strozzi]

Marilyn Manson had over 500 scars which were all the result of self inflicted injuries when he was in the habit of self harming.

[strozzi]

And Johnny Depp had 8 scars on his right forearm where he had slashed himself with a knife.

[templeman]

Simon Weston OBE has to be one of the most recognisable people with scars. This man is now famous the world over. His story since the Sir Galahad incident in the Falklands is quite remarkable.

[gerry]

You could try Christopher lee he was doing a swordfight scene with Errol Flynn in the movie "The Dark Avenger" (1955) and Errol nearly cut Mr Lees finger off.I'm sure Christopher Lee was left with some sort of scar.

[treaclefight]

christopher lee story reminds me that christopher lambert nearly lost a thumb while filming the broadsword fight in highlander, must be scarring