Brandon Sklenar Reveals He Split His Head Open While Filming '1923'

Brandon Sklenar is looking back at injuring himself on set of 1923.

In a conversation with The Housemaid co-star Sydney Sweeney published by Interview on Friday (April 11), the 34-year-old actor revealed the “dumbest way” he’s ever injured himself on set.

Keep reading to find out more…“Splitting my own head open with a helmet shooting a scene in 1923. That was pretty dumb,” Brandon said while revealing that he does most of his own stunts for the Taylor Sheridan Western series.

“I was having to slam it down on this dude’s neck as he’s trying to kill me,” he recalled. “And when we actually shot it, I had the helmet far enough in front of me to have some clearance. Then we had to shoot from his point of view, of me slamming it on his neck, and because of the angle I had to hold the helmet really close to me, and we had one shot, so the director told me to just go really ape-s–t on it.”

“So I came up and hit myself right here under my eye and just totally split my head open,” Brandon continued, adding that “they had to superglue it.”

As a result, Brandon said that he “got a pretty good scar right next to another scar that I already had there.” In order to maintain the continuity on the show, he went on to share that “they had to CGI it into the other stuff we had already shot before, and now he just has this head wound the entire season if you look closely.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Brandon explained why he likes doing his own stunts.

“I love using my body. I’m really good at it,” he shared. “I grew up fighting and doing construction. If I don’t use my body in some way, I feel pretty underutilized.”

In another new interview, Brandon revealed what his real name is and explained why he uses a stage name.