In addition to Warner Bros. screwing amputees out of prosthetic limbs, one of their workers maimed themselves while shooting Blood Diamond. Edward Visage, a special-effects guy, lost his hand while handling a squib (a small explosive device).

“Warner Bros. was too cheap to bring in a special-effects guy from the U.S. They used a local guy, and there was an accident and the guy lost his hand. It’s ironic because they also brought in orphans for extras who had lost their limbs from machete-wielding rebel soldiers in the war – and this guy lost a hand on set.”

This is refuted by another source who says Visage was a professional special-effects worker who, according to authorities, followed all proper procedures. The studio has compensated him and given him a prosthetic hand.

Good job Warner. You lied to amputated children about buying them prosthetic limbs and now we find out some guy’s hand was blown off. We can assume the next story will be about how Warner Bros. ironically funded the movie through blood diamonds or how they lost a bunch of machetes one night and found a group of limbless children wandering around.

During the filming of Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly, Warner Bros. brought in 27 child amputees as extras. In addition to these victims of war being paid the going rate, the studio was reportedly so touched by their situation that they promised all of them prosthetic limbs when filming completed. Months later, not a single one had a new limb. When asked, Warner Bros. told them they had to wait until the release of the movie so they could milk it for publicity.

Young Nkululo Mnisi – whose arms and legs were cut off by machete-wielding rebels – used to be taunted by cruel classmates as “baboon” because of the way he ran on his stumps and crutches. Mnisi told a South African newspaper that the dream that kept him going was the promise of getting artificial limbs so he’d be able to play soccer like a normal child.

Look, there’s a sob story to go with it. Warner Bros. told Page Six that they “were working on it.” That’s pr speak for, “fuck off.” In the meantime, an African Charity has ponied up the money to outfit these kids with prosthetic limbs and said if Warner Bros. ever gets around to their “promise” the money will go to other limbless children.

Damn Warner Bros. and their empty promises. I was going to make some limbless jokes like “up in arms” or “leg to stand on” or “leg up”, but I realized I would have had to punch myself in the face. Instead, I just hope the poor baboon will play soccer one day. It would suck if someone cut up his prosthetic with a machete. Well, amusing at first, but ultimately sad because those things are expensive.