--- description: The structure was being fortified for Scorsese’s next film, Silence title: Martin Scorcese Set Collapse Kills One image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86402394ec890cb4/69877c84a988cab2be6ac297/taiwan-movie-accident_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Martin Scorcese Set Collapse Kills One  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2015 1:20 PM CUT  Police inspect a demolished film set where a worker died in an accident at a film lot during preparations for the shooting of a new Martin Scorsese movie titled "Silence," in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 29. Police inspect a demolished film set where a worker died in an accident at a film lot during preparations for the shooting of a new Martin Scorsese movie titled "Silence," in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 29.AP—AP  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2015 1:20 PM CUT One worker died and two others were injured when an old structure under renovation for Martin Scorsese’s next film, “Silence,” [collapsed on Thursday in Taiwan](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-taiwan-set-accident-20150129-story.html "undefined"). The workers were fortifying the 83-year-old structure at the Chinese Culture and Movie Center ahead of production for Scorsese’s historical drama, based on the book by Shusaku Endo, about Jesuit priests facing resistance in 17-th century Japan, according to the LA _Times_. The film, casting Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson, is scheduled for release next year. Scorsese and other core crewmembers were not at the site at the time of the accident, the LA _Times_ reports. \[[LA _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-taiwan-set-accident-20150129-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3687394/martin-scorsese-set-kills-one/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3687394/martin-scorsese-set-kills-one/"},"headline":"Martin Scorcese Set Collapse Kills One","datePublished":"2015-01-29T13:20:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:58:45.059Z","description":"The structure was being fortified for Scorsese’s next film, Silence","url":"https://time.com/3687394/martin-scorsese-set-kills-one/","keywords":["movies","liam neeson","adam driver","Andrew Garfield","martin scorsese"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86402394ec890cb4/69877c84a988cab2be6ac297/taiwan-movie-accident_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86402394ec890cb4/69877c84a988cab2be6ac297/taiwan-movie-accident_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taiwan Movie Accident","caption":"Taiwan Movie Accident","creditText":"AP—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3687394/martin-scorsese-set-kills-one/","name":"Martin Scorcese Set Collapse Kills One"}}]}] ```