"I was working with John Wayne on "Legend of the Lost." One of my first English-speaking roles. My English was not great, the crew would sometimes make fun of me, but John Wayne always would stick up for me." Sophia Loren told TheWrap in 2021. Luckily for her, she had more than just one hero on her side throughout the filming process. While passing the night in a small hotel near the set, Loren woke with a throbbing headache and crippling nausea. It turned out that the gasoline stove in her room was leaking which could have easily asphyxiated her, had she not woken up (per The Mix).
"I managed to crawl on my knees to the door and open it, but then I collapsed, " the legendary actress recalled in harrowing detail. By a stroke of miraculous luck, Rossano Brazzi — her other co-star in "Legend of the Lost" — was passing by her room when he burst in and saved her life (via The Mix).
