Dylan O’Brienis getting vulnerable about an accident that left him injured while shootingMaze Runner: The Death Curein 2016.

“It was a life-changing incident,” he recently toldMen’s Health.

“Ive approached everything differently, you could say, particularly with regards to standing my ground on set.

THE MAZE RUNNER, Dylan O’Brien, 2014

Dylan O’Brien in ‘The Maze Runner’.Everett

Dont be a pain in the a–.'

Or, ‘Are you complaining, are you being difficult?'”

I just turned 33.

Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd in Saturday Night (2024)

Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd in ‘Saturday Night’.Sony

Ive been doing this for 15 years.

I know Im not an a——.

I know I was trying to protect myself that day, and so Ive just never forgotten that."

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The news thatO’Brien was injuredwhile filmingThe Death Curebroke in March 2016.

He was left with a facial fracture, concussion, and brain trauma.

I absolutely went through a period of not knowing what my future was going to be."

And then what happened happened.

And by all accounts, it was all pretty gotten away with, I would say."

But he now advocates the fact that “Theres nothing wrong with asking questions.

Theres nothing wrong with bringing ideas, even if were talking creatively.

Its our job to bring ideas.

Theres nothing wrong with raising concerns.

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Maze Runner: The Death Curewas postponed from its slated 2017 release date to 2018.

He’s since returned to acting full speed, with starring roles in three films this year alone.

There’s River Gallo’s queer thrillerPonyboi, theM.