Saturday
29Nov2008
Downey Reportedly KO'd on 'Sherlock' Set
Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 12:03AM
As with any story that comes from
The Sun, please tread lightly. But it's been a
couple of weeks since we've heard anything on the progress of
Sherlock Holmes, the new
Guy Ritchie-directed
re-imagining of the world's greatest detective, and this story, if not 100%
factual, is at least interesting.
The big headline, however, is that Robert Downey Jr. was reportedly waylaid during a fight scene by a seven-foot-tall co-star, a former pro wrestler named Robert Maillet, best known as Kurrgan. Downey was described in the paper as being "out cold" for a few seconds and "drooling blood" from his mouth. “Robert was accidentally caught on the chin by a thundering hook. He went flying and was out cold," a source told The Sun. “He didn’t want to go to hospital and kept trying to get up. He’s a trooper. But there have been lots of other problems too.”
I'll grant you, it's nothing close to The Exorcist curse, but I do like the fact that Downey will take one for the team like that. Perhaps it's payback from the wrestling community for the time Thomas Jane really stabbed Kevin Nash while filming The Punisher.
Reader Comments (2)
The question is will the use the clip of Downey getting knocked out for the film or will it just be an extra
I hope that Maillet isn't too worried about all that. From all that I have heard he is a really nice guy and was probably worried to death about knocking out star like Robert Downey Jr.