Walking Dead's hot hillbilly Norman Reedus reveals his recent hospital visit after injuring himself on set
Helpful hint: In case of hospital visit, be sure to remove all traces of possible fake blood first...or else expect a bad reaction from the staff.
Walking Dead star Norman Reedus found out the hard way, as the actor told the story of a recent hospital visit to the ladies of The View on Tuesday morning.
The actor, who plays hot crossbow-wielding hillbilly Daryl Dixon, explained to the women that he was 'always' getting hurt on the set of the show.
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| Dead head: Walking Dead star Norman Reedus spends some time on the couch as he makes his debut appearance on The View on Tuesday |
During one of the scenes, the 44-year-old actor received a head injury, for which he had to be taken to the emergency room.
'I got hit in the head and had stitches across my head but I was covered in blood," said Reedus. "The ambulance came, took me to the hospital. I come in and they see me and I'm just covered in blood and people start freaking out.'
However, if the bizarre visit to the ER wasn't enough, the incident took a turn for the strange after the actor was discharged.
'The interesting part comes on the way home because they brought me back to set, where one of the teamsters drove my car and had me in their car driving back home,' said the former Prada model. 'But as we come up over a hill and there's an 18-wheeler on its side.'
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| Hot hillbilly: On the show, Norman Reedus plays Darryl, the survivalist with a crossbow |
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| Biggest fan: Reedus makes good with his adoring public while on The View |
The actor quickly went from fictional zombie fighter to real-life hero as Reedus talked about his harrowing experience saving a man's life
(Note: This is not the first time the actor has spoken about the event, as he recounted the story in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in October.)
'This lady's in the road and she's going, 'I think he had a heart attack! He's pinned behind the wheels!' So I jumped out of the car I was in, pulled this man, this big, sweaty man, out of a truck, laid him down,' said the actor. 'Then the ambulance came and a paramedic said, 'Did I just take you to the hospital?' And I was like, 'No, no, no, it's this guy!'
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| '...look who I bumped into this morning,' tweeted Kellie Pickler |
When he isn't saving lives, the actor/artists is also working on his craft: photography.
His new book of photos, titled The Sun's Coming Up .. Like a Big Bald Head, was recently published.
In addition to his book, Reedus also at a showing of his art, much of which prominently featured roadkill, much to the chagrin of host Barbara Walkers, who wasn't even familiar with the term until recently.
'I ride a motorcycle to set and I kept seeing so much roadkill on the ground,' he said. 'So I just started stopping and taking these pictures of roadkill.'
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Norman Reedus appears on 'The View': 3 highlights
Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon on "The Walking Dead," appeared on the ABC show "The View" on Tuesday, Nov. 26, days before the mid-season finale of the hit AMC zombie series.
The 44-year-old actor and his cast mates have just finished filming season 4. "The Walking Dead" is filmed in rural Georgia and on Monday, Reedus shared on hisTwitter page photos of his road trip up to New York, where "The View" studio is located and where he lives.
This marks Reedus' first appearance on "The View," which targets to a female audience (note -- the co-hosts briefly discussed menopause at the start of Tuesday's show). His "Walking Dead" character, who wields a cross bow and rides a motorcycle, is a fan-favorite and the actor has over the past few years risen to fame as a sex symbol as a result of the show's success.
Check out highlights from Norman Reedus' interview on "The View."
1. Even "The View" women can't keep their hands off of Norman Reedus.
Reedus appeared on "The View" in a long-sleeve button-down shirt and dark vest, tie, pants and dress shoes -- a professional, formal look he has sported before at press events for "The Walking Dead" that marks a big contrast from the rugged, sleeveless, hunter attire Dixon wears that's practical for a zombie apocalypse.
"It's so funny because you go around, you know, you are way dressed, 'cause in 'Walking Dead,' it's like, arms showing, all buff ... you kill the zombies with your crossbow, your muscles just flex just right as you rear back ... how much did you have to practice to get proficient with that cross bow?" asked co-host Sherri Sheperd, 46.
"Well, first off, there's a lot of makeup on those arms," Reedus joked.
"No, that's not makeup," Sheperd replied, as she and guest co-host and Univision personality Karla Martinez, 37, touched his left bicep. "That's nice, girl!"
Reedus said the show has a weapon's expert who makes sure actors are comfortable using their character's weapons.
2. Norman Reedus taught Barbara Walters about roadkill.
Reedus is an avid painter, sculptor and photographer, who recently published his own photo book, "The Sun's Coming Up .. Like a Big Bald Head." The actor once had his photographs displayed at an exhibit in New York City's Times Square. Among them -- 30 pictures of roadkill, several of which are featured in the book.
"I heard you didn't know what roadkill was before," he told "The View" co-host and veteran newswoman Barbara Walters, who is 84 and grew up in Massachusetts, New York and Miami.
"I did not and when I found out, I didn't like it," she said. "You explain why I should."
"I had a show in Times Square for photography ... hugh photos and a lot of it was roadkill, but at the time, I was doing a lot of interviews about how the zombies, if they're terrifying or not and I was saying how, the way that ('The Walking Dead' director and special effects master] Greg Nicotero and our team do the zombies, it's not the makeup, it's the scared, lost, dying person behind the monster that's scary," Reedus said.
"So I kept saying that in interviews all the time. But I ride a motorcycle to set and I kept seeing so much roadkill on the ground," he said. So I just started stopping and taking these pictures of roadkill."
3. He recalled a bloody, on-set injury -- and subsequent heroic deed.
Reedus said on "The View" that he's "always" getting hurt while filming "The Walking Dead." One day, he had to be treated at a hospital for a head injury. At the time, he was already covered in fake blood.
"I got hit in the head and had stitches across my head but I was covered in blood," he said. "The ambulance came, took me to the hospital. I come in and they see me and I'm just covered in blood and people start freaking out. They give me the stitches but the interesting part comes on the way home because they brought me back to set, where one of the teamsters drove my car and had me in their car driving back home."
"But we come up over a hill and there's an 18-wheeler on its side. And this lady's in the road and she's going, 'I think he had a heart attack! He's pinned behind the wheels!' So I jumped out of the car I was in, pulled this man, this big, sweaty man, out of a truck, laid him down and then the ambulance came and [a paramedic] said, 'Did I just take you to the hospital?' And I was like, 'No, no, no, it's this guy!'"
Reedus had also spoken about the incident before, including in an interview with Rolling Stone, which was published on Oct. 7.
"Thanks ladies that was fun," Reedus tweeted following his appearance on "The View."
Source: http://www.ontheredcarpet.com
Rumor: Norman Reedus Sought For Part In 'The Crow' Remake
Luke Evans is attached to play the male lead, while the female lead role is still vacant. There is whisper that producers were considering "Twilight Saga" starlet Kristen Stewart for the leading lady Shelly but they later shied away from the idea.
Based on James O'Barr's 1989 comic book of the same name, the film centers on Eric Draven, a murdered rock star who is brought to life by supernatural bird crow to avenge his murder and that of his fiancee.
The original film released in 1994 starred Brandon Lee in his final film appearance. He died of a gunshot wound after an accidental shooting on the movie's set. He was 28.
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Exclusive Video: 60 Seconds with Norman Reedus
The Walking Dead star reveals the craziest gift a fan has ever given him. Plus, his favorite ways to dispose of zombies.
Even more popular than the show itself is star Norman Reedus, who plays fan-favorite Daryl Dixon. There's actually a T-shirt out there emblazoned with the rallying cry, "If Daryl Dies, We Riot"—Walking Dead writers, you have been warned. With a passionate fanbase comes impassioned gifts—like crossbows and a Japanese longbow—but the craziest thing Norman Reedus has ever received is...well...you'll have to watch the video to find out.
Norman Reedus: The Walking Man Also in this exclusive video from his Men's Fitness cover shoot, Reedus reveals his favorite methods for dispatching Walkers (warning: gory zombie footage from the hit TV show is not for the faint of heart).
Behind the Scenes of the Norman Reedus Cover Shoot Reedus calls the current season (his fourth) the "best season so far." And while them are fightin' words, it's not empty hyperbole.
The showrunners and actors have struck the right balance of carnage and character development. "The writing is really good, and we've had four years to work on these characters," he says. "[Daryl] is starting to develop into somebody he can be proud of. He doesn't really need these people, he can hunt and track his own food and protect himself.
But having personal relationships with other people is something he wouldn't have had if [the zombie apocalypse] didn't go down. I think he's starting to find things to stand for, findng his sense of self for the first time through these people. I think that makes him very interesting."
Source: Men's Fitness
Norman Reedus on Men's Fitness USA (December 2013)
Exclusive Video: Behind the Scenes of the Norman Reedus Cover Shoot for Men's Fitness
The Walking Dead star on his 'awkward' alter ego, his punk rock style,
and weight-loss program.
Diehard fans of The Walking Dead already know what a total badass Daryl Dixon is. But to see Norman Reedus—Daryl's insanely popular portrayer—wield a crossbow on the set of his Men's Fitness cover shoot, it's hard to believe Reedus himself wouldn't dispatch of Walkers with ease in a real-life zombie apocalypse. In this exclusive behind-the-scenes video, Reedus shares what he loves most about his feral and fearless alter ego, self-deprecatingly describes his personal style ("God, do I have any personal style?" he asks), and gives some insight into his training and nutrition.
About his character, Daryl: "He's honest and he's awkward. He always fights because he's always had his back against the wall. There's a vulnerability and honesty that I like."
Personal style: "It's probably an old punk rock T-shirt, jeans, work boots, and Ray-Bans. That's pretty much what I've been wearing since high school."
Diet and training: "The one thing that I try to do is watch what I eat. No sugar, no breads, no pastas. I swim a lot. I run through the trails where I live in Georgia."
But his best weight-loss secret? "Running through the woods in 120-degrees and all that humidity in Georgia [shooting the show]," Reedus says, with a chuckle.
Writer Josh Dean, who had a chance to hang with Reedus on the set of The Walking Dead, had this to say about his profile subject:
"Norman was a genuinely nice, normal-seeming guy, which isn't all that typical of big stars. And I think based on The Walking Dead's massive following, it's fair to say that he is now a massive star.
When I met him on set, he'd just arrived on his motorcycle and seemed thrilled to talk about the show and his life, to the extent that he ran way over time, and producers had to come looking for him to take him back to rehearsals. He's a pretty glib, funny guy who got super-famous late, so he's not spoiled and Hollywood-y. He also has some good and funny perspective about the fact that women kind of obsess over him. The dude is like the sex symbol of the south, I think."
Source: Men's fitness
Men's Fitness: 4 Reasons Norman Reedus Is a Badass
Just in case you need some extra convincing.
Just in case you need some extra convincing.
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| He’s killed zombies on Walking Dead and was a gun-toting vigilante in The Boondock Saints, but even when he’s not playing a role, Norman Reedus is a pretty cool guy. You can tell just by looking at him that the dude’s probably a badass in real life, too—not so much the violent kind as the kind of guy you’d want to be friends with. Luckily, he opened up to Men’s Fitness about his life and shed some light onto what makes him this way. |
HE HAS A TITANIUM EYE SOCKET
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| Back in 2005, Reedus was involved in a horrible accident while leaving a concert, when his car was hit by an 18-wheeler. He survived, but surgery left with a titanium eye socket. While he admits he felt self-conscious about the way his face looked afterward, it didn’t take long for him to get back out there and continue doing what he loved – making films and acting. Another interesting fact about the titanium in his head? Reedus says that when it’s hot it makes his face hot and when it’s cold his face is cold. |
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| Who doesn’t love bacon? Well, that was Reedus’ exact thoughts when he went fishing with his son. Instead of using your typical bait, he decided to string some bacon on the line. Not surprisingly, he didn’t catch anything that day, but at least he has a funny story to tell – and good taste in cheat meals. |
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| Aside from being an actor, Reedus is also a talented photographer and sculptor. He recently released a photo book, The Sun’s Coming Up Like A Big Bald Head, which went on sale Oct. 31 and is a collection of some of his best images. Before getting into photography, he was into sculpting and created avant-garde pieces like horned vaginas. |
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| Daryl wasn’t even a character in The Walking Deadcomic book, but thanks to Reedus, he’s now a key part of the show. There are even t-shirts that say “If Daryl Dies We Riot.” Luckily, the feeling is mutual – Reedus says he’s having the best time of his life in the role and will continue to be on TWD as long as they’ll have him. |
By Samantha Sutton for www.mensfitness.com
Capture Show: Walking Dead's Norman Reedus & Photographer Al Wertheimer join Mark Seliger to discuss the subjects of their photography
Norman Reedus and Al Wertheimer join Mark Seliger to talk about their books of photography: "Elvis and the Birth of Rock And Roll", and "The Sun is Coming Up Like a Big Bald Head."
Al Wertheimer shares stories of traveling with and photographing Elvis Presley and Norman Reedus talks about the unsettling images that he has been able to capture in his travels as an actor.
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