Posted August 4, 200816 yr Monday, 4 August 2008 17:58 UK Freeman seriously injured in car accident BBC News Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in hospital after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi. The 71-year-old Dark Knight star is in a serious condition, according to staff at Memphis's Regional Medical Center. Ashley Norris, manager of the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale - which is owned by Freeman - confirmed the actor had been in an accident. A spokesman for Mississippi highway Patrol, where the crash happened, said a statement would be released shortly. The accident is believed to have happened in rural Tallahatchie County in the Mississippi Delta. FREEMAN FACTS Born 1 June 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee He spent several years in the US Air Force as a mechanic Freeman started acting in the 1960s, appearing a couple of off-Broadway shows His first credited film appearance was in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! Freeman starred in some of the biggest films of the 1990s, including The Shawshank Redemption, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Se7en, and Deep Impact He won an Oscar in 2005 for the film Million Dollar Baby Freeman plays Lucius Fox in this summer's blockbuster, The Dark Knight US reports suggested that the star was talking at the scene of the accident and was airlifted to hospital. Clay McFerrin, editor of local newspaper the Sun-Sentinel, told the Associated Press news agency he had been at the accident scene on Mississippi Highway 32, not far from where Freeman owns a home with his wife. He said it appeared that Freeman's car was airborne when it left the road and landed in a ditch. "They had to use the jaws of life to extract him from the vehicle," McFerrin said. "He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point." When one person tried to take a photo with a mobile phone, Freeman joked, "no freebies, no freebies," McFerrin said. Mechanic Freeman won a best supporting actor Oscar for boxing drama Million Dollar Baby in 2005, and has twice been nominated in the leading actor category - for The Shawshank Redemption in 1995 and Driving Miss Daisy in 1990. Last year it was announced the actor would play former South African president Nelson Mandela in forthcoming film The Human Factor. His first credited film appearance was in the 1971 movie Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! Prior to that, he had worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force. His film appearances include Se7en, Unforgiven and the rebooted Batman franchise. Any Comments?
August 4, 200816 yr Is the Dark Knight a cursed film, with Heath Ledger dead, and Christian Bale arrested for hitting his sister. Hope he gets well, one of my favourite actors.
August 5, 200816 yr Is the Dark Knight a cursed film, with Heath Ledger dead, and Christian Bale arrested for hitting his sister. Hope he gets well, one of my favourite actors. Didnt look at it like that :o
August 5, 200816 yr Is the Dark Knight a cursed film, with Heath Ledger dead, and Christian Bale arrested for hitting his sister. Oh GAWD yeah, good point.... :lol: :lol: All sorts of weird sh!t happened during and after the making of "The Omen" as well.... :mellow:
August 5, 200816 yr Hope is pulls through, outstanding actor Even made tripe like Deep Impact highly watchable
August 5, 200816 yr DEEP IMPACT IS NOT "TRIPE", CRAIG. Its Godly <3. Anyhoodles I would say "I hope he gets better", but he's only broken the odd bone - HE'LL BE FINE.
August 5, 200816 yr Is the Dark Knight a cursed film, with Heath Ledger dead, and Christian Bale arrested for hitting his sister. Hope he gets well, one of my favourite actors. now that you mentioned it... :blink: Hope he pulls through :cry: he's one of the best actors out there any news on this today?
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