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[wenis]

Because she wants him dead...

Hugh Jackman gave new meaning to crashing a party after his dramatic entrance to the Oprah Winfrey Show on a zipwire went horribly wrong.

Making an intrepid slide from the top of the Sydney Opera House to the stage almost 100 metres below, the actor failed to brake in time and smashed into the lighting rig, injuring his eye.

Jackman flipped 90 degrees on impact and damaged a spotlight, then hung from the gantry for several seconds before descending to the stage.

Video here
Alternate video link

more pics here

 

[demosthenes]

Holy shit, hope he's ok.

 

[Grisby]

I hope he's ok too, hell of an actor.

That said, I did kinda chuckle at the expression he's making.

 

[NintendoGal]

Man, Oprah didn't do herself any favors by wearing those bags.

That injury looks painful to Jackman though, grabbed my eye when looking through the pics.

 

[DMczaf]

That's what happens when you try to out 'Cruise' Tom Cruise.

 

[lethial]

It's a fucking black eye guys. He didn't get a limb torn off or anything. Hell there's even pics in the link in the op.

 

[Neuromancer]

Pretty funny, he seemed to be in good spirits afterwards. Don't care much for the thread title though.

Anyway here's the Youtube link for anyone who had trouble playing that video, mine never loaded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EifAmk5az0s

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

That is the face of a man who is about to fight Magneto.

 

[Bread]

If he had died, that would have been an awesome last picture

 

[Medalion]

He's ok? Damn, maybe he really IS the Wolverine.

 

[Dan]

Doing a stunt like that for Oprah's show just doesn't seem worth the risk.

 

[rollingstart]

It was Christian Bale's fault

 

[sixteen-bit]

He's ok? Damn, maybe he really IS the Wolverine.

This stunt is more of a Batman thing.

Hope he's okay.

 

[Fuzzery]

I'm not too worried, he'll probably heal quickly

 

[CrushDance]

I'm not too worried, he'll probably heal quickly

*Clap*

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

It was Christian Bale's fault

:lol

 

[Discotheque]

hahahah the picture makes him look like some random madman coming in to attack the Oprah show.

 

[ultron87]

Load video! Cmon!

 

[Veidt]

Which knot did you tie?

 

[jufonuk]

Pretty funny, he seemed to be in good spirits afterwards. Don't care much for the thread title though.

Anyway here's the Youtube link for anyone who had trouble playing that video, mine never loaded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EifAmk5az0s

is it me or did the anchor actually something, like "suffered an injury near his eye, that's his face.."
wtf???

 

[DMczaf]

Which knot did you tie?

 

[Meeru]

It was Christian Bale's fault

LOL very awesome post :lol

 

[Sibylus]

The Big O wanted to see his o face.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

is it me or did the anchor actually something, like "suffered an injury near his eye, that's his face.."
wtf???

Some people have difficulty remembering where body parts are located.

 

[Ezalc]

The Big O wanted to see his o face.

Not amused.

 

[Clydefrog]

silly Austrians!

 

[RichardAM]

It was Christian Bale's fault

Perfect. :lol

 

[Koodo]

lolomg, he hit that hard. :lol

Glad to see he's ok.

 

[Alucrid]

Now that I know he's okay.

:lol :lol :lol damn, that's funny.

 

[Sibylus]

Not amused.

A picture of Reggie Fils-Aime shrugging goes here.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

It was Christian Bale's fault

What kind of zip line was it?!

 

[_Isaac]

At least he's okay. Did they end up airing the mishap on the show? It would be awesome if they did.

 

[rexor0717]

What kind of zip line was it?!

Even better. :lol
I love that movie.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

The written description made me LOL enough, no meed to see video

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Description sounded far more hilarious than it actually was, oh well.

 

[D4Danger]

Making an intrepid slide from the top of the Sydney Opera House to the stage almost 100 metres below, the actor failed to brake in time and smashed into the lighting rig, injuring his eye.

Jackman flipped 90 degrees on impact and damaged a spotlight, then hung from the gantry for several seconds before descending to the stage.

 

[samus i am]

Which knot did you tie?

:lol

 

[_Isaac]

Holy Crap.
I just now got the Bale, zip line, knot jokes. :lol

 

[Chamber]

What a glorious beard.

 

[Igo]

It was Christian Bale's fault

I don't get it

 

[Chamber]

I don't get it

The Prestige

 

[Dead]

This is almost as bad as that time where Jackman was getting beat up by an invisible man!

 

[Slayven]

Wolverine wouldn't have used a zipline.

 

[legend166]

The Prestige

I was expecting some sort of Christian Bale/Prestige/angry rant at lighting director connection.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

I was expecting some sort of Christian Bale/Prestige/angry rant at lighting director connection.

Same :/

 

[spindashing]

I'm not too worried, he'll probably heal quickly

win.

 

[Roto13]

I don't like Hugh Jackman and I find him annoying.

So ha-ha.