Myca was an outgoing boy who enjoyed posing for pictures, so his parents thought he would be interested. He then called a Vietnamese colleague, Daniel Le, who had a seven-year-old son named Myca. Chen first thought of his brother's six-year-old daughter Renee, whose parents agreed to let her participate. The children were hired after Peter Wei-Teh Chen, Renee's uncle, was approached by a colleague whose wife was a production secretary for the film. Landis and several other staff members were also responsible for a number of labor violations connected with other people involved in the accident, which came to light afterwards. įilmmaker John Landis, who directed this first segment, violated California's child labor laws by hiring seven-year-old Myca Dinh Le and six-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen ( Chinese: 陳欣怡 pinyin: Chén Xīnyí) without the required permits. In the script for the first segment, character Bill Connor ( Vic Morrow) is transported back in time to the midst of the Vietnam War, where he has become a Vietnamese man protecting two children from American troops. Twilight Zone: The Movie featured four segments.

Renee Shin-Yi Chen (left) and Myca Dinh Le The incident led to years of civil and criminal action against the personnel overseeing the shoot, including director John Landis, and was responsible for the introduction of new procedures and safety standards in the filmmaking industry. The crash killed three people on the ground and injured the six helicopter passengers those killed were actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Loss of control after tail rotor failure caused by pyrotechnics A UH-1B similar to the accident helicopter

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