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Dylan O’Brien’s concerns were “not taken into account” during The Maze Runner accident.

Dylan O’Brien’s concerns were “not taken into account” during The Maze Runner accident.

As Dylan O’Brien prepares for the release of his latest film, Saturday eveningThanks to him, his star initially rose The labyrinth runner film franchise. If you haven’t obsessively annotated your comments Maze runner In the novels and films, Dylan played the lead role of Thomas in every adaptation from 2014 to 2018.

When he made the last film, The death cureThe actor had a serious accident on set when he was suddenly pulled from a moving vehicle and hit by another. Due to the incident, production of the third film was postponed and it was released almost two years after his recovery.

In a new interview with Men’s HealthDylan spoke about the “life-changing” accident and how it affected how he “handled himself” on set. “It’s very common in the culture for young actors to be controlled and they strive to achieve this by always saying: Oh, don’t get difficult. Don’t be annoying. Or do you complain, are you being difficult? Things like that,” he told the outlet.

He added: “After the accident, I learned not to confuse caring for yourself and caring for yourself. Don’t be manipulated into thinking this is difficult because when I look back on that day I know I was 24 years old.” -Old boy who has expressed concerns about how we do things, and they were not listened to, they were not respected. And then what happened happened. So.”

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Dylan O’Brien and The labyrinth runner Cast at a British fan screening for Maze Runner: The Cure of Death in 2018.

The Teen Wolf Alum also opened up about how his mindset has changed after 15 years in the industry. “It taught me that in these spaces you ultimately have your own back and that’s the best thing you can count on,” he said, before clarifying: “I know the person I am and the character that I have.” Bringing to set, and the way I interact with people, and I know that I’m not difficult, I know that I was trying to protect myself that day. I just have that never forget.

As for his upcoming project, Saturday evening, Dylan felt like he was wrongly cast as the OG SNL actor, Dan Aykroyd.

“I was aware that I didn’t look like him, that I didn’t sound like him, that I thought people wouldn’t think me –Dan Aykroyd. And I guess it was an insecurity that I would be resented for being miscast or something like that,” he explained, adding that Dan held back during the process and they didn’t meet until the film opened at TIFF in September was premiered.

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