Magician David Blaine thought he was going to die when one of his most famous stunts went horribly wrong.

The 43-year-old magician's gun trick turned sour while performing his new show Beyond Magic MGM Arena in in Las Vegas, in front of 20,000 people.

The main event in his show was to catch a bullet in a metal cup held between a mouthguard, a stunt which he first attempted in 2010, The Sun reports.

View photos David Blaine put the mouthguard in his mouth, it later shattered. Source: ABC US More

Blaine had revamped the trick to pull the trigger on himself. However during the stunt the cup slipped out of the grooves of the mouthguard.

The magician held a rope attached to the rifle and a laser was used to point to the spot where the bullet would hit.

View photos This was the metal cup that had was meant to catch the bullet. Source: ABC US More

View photos Blaine tugged on the rope and his mouthguard shattered in the process. Source: ABC US More

He tugged on the rope and his mouthguard shattered, leaving him with a lacerated throat.

Blaine said he thought he was dead at that point.

“When the bullet struck the cup, there was a high-pitched ringing in my ears and I felt an impact on the back of my throat," he said.

“I was sure the bullet went right through my head and that I was dead.

View photos Blaine thought was going to die during the stunt-gone-wrong. Source: ABC US More

“Suddenly I became aware of the pain and it brought me back. At that moment I realised that the mouthguard had shattered again, and I was alive.”

Doctors later revealed Blaine had a lacerated throat.

Despite the stunt failure, he said he still had plans to try it again during his world tour.



