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Herzog truly is an iron man...
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."
Herzog Helped Phoenix from Car Wreckage
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix was rescued from his car wreck last week
by German cult director Werner Herzog. The 31-year-old Walk The Line
star overturned his car on a 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
has revealed 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.' 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."
