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Werner Herzog Helped Joaquin Phoenix From Car Wreck
by Mitch Marconi
Feb 3, 2006
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix was rescued from his car wreck last week by German cult director Werner Herzog, according to published reports. The 31-year-old Walk The Line star overturned his car on Laurel Canyon road above Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood after his brakes failed and he collided with another vehicle.
Phoenix was saved because he was wearing his seat-belt, but he later evealed that he was helped from the wreckage by the 63-year-old, who has a home nearby.
The actor says, "I remember this knocking on the passenger window. There was this German voice saying, 'Just relax.' There's the airbag, I can't see and I'm saying, 'I'm fine. I am relaxed. Finally, I rolled down the window and this head pops inside. And he said, 'No, you're not.'
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"And suddenly I said to myself, 'That's Werner Herzog!' There's something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog's voice. I felt completely fine and safe. I climbed out. I got out of the car and I said, 'Thank you,' and he was gone."
http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3478770
Herzog Shot During Interview
By WENN| Friday, February 03, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - German director Werner Herzog was shot by a crazed fan during a recent interview with the BBC.
The 63-year-old was chatting with movie journalist Mark Kermode about his documentary Grizzly Man, when a sniper opened fire with an air rifle.
Kermode explains, "I thought a firecracker had gone off.
"Herzog, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, said, 'Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go.'
"He had a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in. He just carried on with the interview while bleeding quietly in his boxer shorts."
An unrepentant Herzog insisted, "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."
Werner Herzog Helped Joaquin Phoenix From Car Wreck
by Mitch Marconi
Feb 3, 2006
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix was rescued from his car wreck last week by German cult director Werner Herzog, according to published reports. The 31-year-old Walk The Line star overturned his car on Laurel Canyon road above Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood after his brakes failed and he collided with another vehicle.
Phoenix was saved because he was wearing his seat-belt, but he later evealed that he was helped from the wreckage by the 63-year-old, who has a home nearby.
The actor says, "I remember this knocking on the passenger window. There was this German voice saying, 'Just relax.' There's the airbag, I can't see and I'm saying, 'I'm fine. I am relaxed. Finally, I rolled down the window and this head pops inside. And he said, 'No, you're not.'
Continue reading this article below
"And suddenly I said to myself, 'That's Werner Herzog!' There's something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog's voice. I felt completely fine and safe. I climbed out. I got out of the car and I said, 'Thank you,' and he was gone."
http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3478770
Herzog Shot During Interview
By WENN| Friday, February 03, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - German director Werner Herzog was shot by a crazed fan during a recent interview with the BBC.
The 63-year-old was chatting with movie journalist Mark Kermode about his documentary Grizzly Man, when a sniper opened fire with an air rifle.
Kermode explains, "I thought a firecracker had gone off.
"Herzog, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, said, 'Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go.'
"He had a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in. He just carried on with the interview while bleeding quietly in his boxer shorts."
An unrepentant Herzog insisted, "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."