Irish director Neil Jordan has revealed that he was left out of work for two years after he fell in front of a Dublin Bus.
The 65-year-old’s terrifying near death experience happened on Dawson Street as he attempted to cross the road with a walking stick and fell in front of a bus – leaving him ‘out of commission’ for two years.
“I was out of commission – I smashed my kneecap and I severed all my tendons,” he told Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ Radio One.
Out of work: Neil was left out of commission after a serious accident | VIPIRELAND.COM
“I was crossing the road, I had CL surgery and I was crossing with a stick on Dawson Street. The light went green, I crossed the road and I turned and there was a bus coming and I fell over.”
The Sligo native won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for The Crying Game in 1993, and is currently getting ready for the cinema re-release of his 1996 film Michael Collins on March 18 for the film’s 20th anniversary.
Despite the director’s success, he revealed he had serious difficulty in landing work for years after his incident in Dublin’s City Centre.
Injured: Neil was left incapable of leaving his house for over a year | VIPIRELAND.COM
“I tried to keep it a secret actually because you don’t want to be seen as a cripple to the world at large.
“You know people will say, ‘better not hire him, he can’t walk!’
“I couldn’t move out of my house for about a year and for another two years I was kind of incapable – my movement was very restricted so I had to stop making films,” he added.
