Stuntman stabbed on 'Dexter' set

Actor Jimmy Smits accidentally stabbed a stuntman while filming a scene for Showtime's Dexter.

Smits, who plays Miguel Prado, picked up a real knife rather than a prop and struck action man Jeff Chase in the chest, reports WENN.

Chase was saved by a piece of a plastic placed over his heart before they began shooting.

Speaking about the incident, Chase said: "For the scene, I was bound in Saran Wrap, duct tape over my mouth. I couldn't say a thing as I saw Jimmy grab at the knife.

"He picked up the real one by pure mistake. It was a mean looking knife."

He continued: "I heard fellow actor Michael C. Hall yelling at Jimmy to stop - but it was too late. I felt the thud in my chest. I didn't have on a metal breast plate like a lot of actors do in a scene like that.

"Instead I had a piece of acrylic clear plastic about the size of a Post-it note over my heart. It was a quarter of an inch thick and not attached. In eight out of 10 takes with the prop knife, Jimmy had missed the plastic. But by a miracle, an act of God, the knife landed at the very edge of the plastic."