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How Werner Herzog survived being shot

VIDEO: Director eats maggots, stands on volcano for films

Would you eat maggots? Would you stand atop a live volcano? Would you murder your star? Six indie stalwarts -- directors Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan"), Werner Herzog ("Caves of Forgotten Dreams") and Oren Peli ("Paranormal Activity"), along with actors Catherine Keener ("Trust"), Melissa Leo ("The Fighter") and Sam Rockwell ("Conviction") -- gathered at Kultura restaurant during the recent Toronto International Film Festival to discuss these and other matters with THR's Matthew Belloni and Stephen Galloway.