Kurt Russell violently destroys a priceless 145-year-old museum antique guitar instead of a prop duplicate.

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In a tense musical scene, John Ruth grows frustrated with Daisy Domergue and violently smashes her acoustic guitar against a wooden support beam. The prop department was supposed to swap out the priceless historical instrument for a cheap plywood duplicate right before the strike. Due to a major communication breakdown on set, Russell destroyed a genuine 1870s Martin guitar on loan from the Martin Guitar Museum. Jennifer Jason Leigh's look of absolute horror in the frame is completely real because she was the only actor who realized the artifact had just been ruined.

Kurt Russell violently destroys a priceless 145-year-old museum antique guitar instead of a prop duplicate. in The Hateful Eight

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