Jonathan Majors and Co-Star Fall Through Glass Window on Action Movie Set

Two actors on a conservative media company's action film plummeted roughly six feet through an unsecured sheet of tempered glass on a Gaffney, South Carolina set in late March 2026, an accident that crystallized weeks of mounting safety complaints and helped trigger an official union strike.

Jonathan Majors and co-star JC Kilcoyne fell through the pane after Majors was thrust backward against Kilcoyne during filming. The glass had been loosely placed into a window frame as a prop for a later stunt sequence that was never meant to involve any actors. Video of the incident captures the fall and shows crew members rushing to assist both men. As they landed, Majors can be heard saying "Use it!"; both actors immediately told crew "I'm good." Kilcoyne required stitches "all over his hands." Majors' injury status was not disclosed.

A representative for Kilcoyne said the actor "is doing well and was taken care of immediately by production," adding that "JC did not feel unsafe on set and continues to have a positive experience working on the project." An anonymous crew member who arrived after the incident said: "When I got there, nobody mentioned anything about people falling out the window...It seemed weird to me."

IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, officially called a strike against the production on March 26, the same week as the window fall. More than 60 percent of the crew had already signed union cards seeking a collective bargaining agreement covering health and pension fund payments. The window incident was described as the final breaking point atop safety complaints that had built over five weeks, including black mold on set, a set medic struck by a rigged tree branch, and the film's director and department heads skipping pre-scene meetings ahead of complex stunts. Filming continued in limited capacity despite the picket line, with producers seeking replacement crew.

Producer Dallas Sonnier, founder of Bonfire Legend, responded to initial press inquiries by saying the team was "too busy being bad asses, blowing sh*t up, flying helicopters, and killing movie terrorists" to address what he called the union's "illegitimate strike." When pressed about the window accident and safety allegations, Sonnier replied: "We don't negotiate with communists." In a separate statement, he added: "The actors' fall was shorter than the failed movie careers of the now-union reps." Neither Sonnier nor any other producer denied the specific safety allegations.

The untitled film is a co-production between The Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend, written and directed by Kyle Rankin from his original screenplay and described as being in the vein of "Red Dawn" and "Toy Soldiers." Daily Wire co-founders Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing are both listed as producers.

The production marks Majors' first major starring role in roughly four years. A New York jury found him guilty in December 2023 of two misdemeanor counts of reckless assault and harassment of ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, resulting in a 52-week counseling program sentence. Marvel Studios fired him from the MCU, where he had been positioned to anchor the Multiverse Saga as Kang the Conqueror. The Daily Wire's casting fits a recognizable pattern: the outlet previously hired Gina Carano following her firing from The Mandalorian.

The accident drew immediate comparisons to the fatal 2021 Rust shooting, in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on a non-union production. The parallels were difficult to dismiss: an anti-union environment, skipped safety protocols, and a preventable incident that could have been far worse.