Nina Dorbev Discusses Being Set On Fire In Her New Film Flatliners

Nina Dobrev recently opened up about her stunts in the upcoming film Flatliners. In the upcoming film, based on the 1990 film, Nina’s character is set on fire and the young actress got to perform that scene herself.

Nina spoke about the preparation that went into filming that stunt saying, “Well, first of all, your wardrobe gets fireproofed, which is a certain chemical that can’t really burn. They dip your clothes in it and let that dry. And then they put this jelly stuff all over your skin and underneath. They put gas on your arm — well, they did on my arm — and then they come at me with a blowtorch, right before they call ‘Action.’

They call ‘Action,’ they light my arm on fire, I have to act like I’m on fire — which I am — and react to the scariness of it, which wasn’t too hard. And then, after a few seconds, as it moves up my arm, they call cut, and they run in with fire extinguishers. So it goes from hot to cold very, very quickly. … We did that…five or six times at least? You also have to get it from different angles.”

Nina also spoke a bit about the other stunts she performs in the film, which you can check out here. Flatliners opens in theaters on September 29.

It takes some major courage to willing be lit on fire.