US actor LaBeouf’s hand ‘crushed’
By Skip • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Cult/Sci-Fi and Horror, GSFNewsUS actor Shia LaBeouf’s left hand was “crushed” in a car crash in Hollywood last weekend, his lawyer has revealed.
The Indiana Jones and Transformers star had “extensive” surgery and there is “a substantial” risk of infection or other complications, Michael Norris said.
LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving but police have said the crash was not his fault.
The Transformers sequel, which LaBeouf has been filming, may be rewritten to work the injury into the storyline.
“He will need regular medical supervision until his doctors clear him to return to work,” Mr Norris told the Associated Press (AP) news agency.
The actor had a four-hour operation on the hand and his left arm is immobilised from the elbow down, Mr Norris added.
“His doctors remain hopeful that he will fully recover, but due to extensive surgery and the nature of the injuries, there remains a substantial risk of both infection and other complications.”
Michael Bay, who is directing Transformers sequel Revenge of the Fallen, told the Access Hollywood TV show: “His two fingers are pretty smashed.
“But we’re figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it into the story.”
The crash happened in West Hollywood in the early hours of last Sunday.
Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore has said LaBeouf was not at fault and that the other driver apparently ran a red light.
The actor recently played Mutt Williams alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
And in more Transformers related type news (sort of).
Comedian Bernie Mac has spent the weekend in a Chicago hospital after coming down with pneumonia, his publicist has said.
Danica Smith said in a statement that the 50-year-old was “responding well to treatment and will be released soon”.
Ms Smith added the pneumonia was not related to an inflammatory lung disease the comedian also has. That condition has been in remission since 2005.
Mac starred in his own US sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show, from 2001 to 2006.
His performance in the programme earned him numerous award nominations including two at the Emmys and the Golden Globes.
Mac, a Chicago native, also starred in last year’s box office hits Ocean’s Thirteen and Transformers.
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Skip is the nerd out of the GSFN partnership. Skip enjoys nothing more than good sci-fi and horror, be it on the big screen, TV or in a book. He also likes the bad stuff too. Skip also has a thing for faces and continuously likes to point out actors from one film to the next, much to the annoyance of Drew.
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