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Dylan O’Brien Says Something Beautiful Came Out Of The ‘Maze Runner’ Stunt Accident That Nearly Ended His Career · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Actor Dylan O'Brien might be best known
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  Speaker 1: for playing Thomas and the Maze Runner trilogy, but it
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  Speaker 1: was actually that role that almost made him leave show
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  Speaker 1: business for good. In while filming the final installment, Dylan
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  Speaker 1: was struck by a car during a stunt and gravely injured.
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  Speaker 1: He suffered a massive concussion of facial fracture, but even
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  Speaker 1: more importantly, it's just kind of broke his spirit and
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  Speaker 1: he considered retiring. But in the end, a positive came
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  Speaker 1: out of the experience for him, an appreciation for the
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  Speaker 1: meaningful connections in his life. He tells Variety, I had
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  Speaker 1: friends that that were so dear to me that I
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  Speaker 1: felt I had neglected for years. All of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: it was very important to me to nurture those relationships
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  Speaker 1: and not lose them. Dylan did return to acting, eventually
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  Speaker 1: finishing that same Maze Runner production. He was injured on
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  Speaker 1: his latest project, Love and Monsters, is on v o D.
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  Speaker 1: Now that's direct from Hollywood.