“Gladiator” star Russell Crowe helps his buddy in an effort to save lots of his leg.
Charlie Allan, a stuntman on “Gladiator,” was renovating the doorway of his storage when he fell off the highest of the constructing, prompting a “crunching” feeling all the way in which all the way down to his ankle, based on Kennedy Information and Media.
Allan, 61, might lose his leg because of the fall. Crowe, who labored with him on “Gladiator” and “Robin Hood,” donated £5,000 ($6,336) via Allan’s GoFundMe web page.
“Gladiator” star Russell Crowe has donated hundreds to assist save a stuntman’s leg. (Getty Pictures/Kennedy Information)
“It feels awesome and makes me feel very humble that Russell Crowe has donated. Me and Russell go back to ‘Gladiator,'” Allan advised the outlet. “In ‘Gladiator,’ I used to be a stuntman and actor. I am the man that shouts at Russell Crowe with a severed head in my hand initially of the film.
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“It all the time raises a hair on the again after seeing this scene. There have been 15,000 males on set that day, and it took three weeks to movie the primary 10 minutes of the movie. That is how me and Russell turned buddies on ‘Gladiator.’ We now have been buddies for years.”
“That is how me and Russell turned buddies on ‘Gladiator.’ We now have been buddies for years.”
According to Kennedy News and Media, Allan’s fall caused a “full arterial thrombosis in his left leg, which has positioned him in a vital situation because of the insufficient blood provide to his limb.”
In line with NHS, arterial thrombosis “is a blood clot that develops in an artery. It’s harmful as it will probably hinder or cease the move of blood to main organs, comparable to the center or mind.”
Russell Crowe starred as Maximus in the original “Gladiator” released in 2000. (Chris Weeks/Liaison)
Kennedy News and Media reported that Allan was admitted to the University Hospital Hairmyres in Glasgow and told he needed to have a procedure to fix his leg.
While at the hospital, Allan was waiting for a vein bypass after his “leg turned white and went numb.” Twenty-four hours before his planned surgery, Allan was informed they couldn’t go ahead with the surgery due to previous blunt-force trauma to his leg.
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The outlet reported that he was sent home with painkillers and blood thinners and was reportedly told that no other surgery was available to him under NHS.
After receiving the news, Allan’s wife, Chara Gallos-Allan, 33, launched a GoFundMe page in an attempt to find an alternative treatment to hopefully save his leg.
Charlie Allan said he and Russell Crowe became friends after meeting on the set of “Gladiator.” (Kennedy News Media)
According to Kennedy News and Media, the GoFundMe’s goal was 25,000 euros (about $26,500) to help with an endovascular thrombectomy outside the U.K.
“I am very humbled and excited on the prospect of truly with the ability to get the process completed. If I will get it completed earlier than Christmas, will probably be a really energetic and outdoorsy festive interval,” Allan said.
“I am a match man for my age. I experience bikes and horses. You have to maintain match.”
Charlie detailed the fall to the news outlet and explained the situation has “severely impacted” his life.
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“For the time being, I can solely stroll about 20 ft earlier than stopping because the ache turns into insufferable. I am on my ft on a regular basis. I run an occasions charity, and I train lads sword work to get on TV,” he mentioned.
Charlie Allan may lose his leg after the accident. (Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images)
“I am an actor, stuntman and fight stuntman, and it is severely impacted my life. I can not chase after my son for the time being as he will get older, and it is ruined my high quality of life.”
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Allan noted that he hasn’t been able to see “Gladiator II,” which stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, however he “can be going to see it after I can.”
