No
Ellen Byrsten fell and broke her coxyx, THAT was real and kept in the movie
Both happened, guy.
Similarly to the audience members who were screaming as they watched this film, so were the characters while shooting it. As unsettling as it may sound, it's true. When filming the scene where Regan was being haunted, her mother hurriedly approached to rescue her but ultimately ended up getting pushed to the ground. Actress Ellen Burstyn
howled throughout that scene, like a shattering of glass. Unfortunately, those were real screams of pain.
The actress ended up falling on her coccyx with significant force since the stuntman pulled the wire attached to her faster and harder than anticipated. Sadly, this led to permanent chronic spinal damage. However, the unsettling part is that the director still used her real audio, which makes that scene even more unnerving to watch. One might think after this incident, the director and crew members would be careful, but that wasn’t the case.
Linda Blair had to
suffer through something similar, where she ended up fracturing her spine. During the bed scene where the bed shakes, Blair's rig shook so violently that it broke her back. Unfortunately, she was then diagnosed with chronic pain and scoliosis. Similar to Ellen’s case, the scene added in the film had her actual scream.
