A footballer woke from a coma after a horrific car crash
thinking he was Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey and speaking fluent French
– despite only having a basic grasp from school.
Rory Curtis, 25, suffered a serious brain injury and a
broken pelvis after his van flipped over on the M42 near Tamworth,
Staffordshire, and five vehicles ploughed into it in August 2012.He was placed
in an induced coma for six days and when he finally came round he started
chatting to nurses in fluent French even though he had not spoken the language
in 12 years.
The former semi-professional footballer
for Stourport Swifts FC also said he did not recognise himself in the mirror as
he was convinced he was Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey. 'I cannot
remember much but I know in my head I thought I was Matthew McConaughey,' he
said.'When I went to the toilet I went to look in the mirror and I was shocked
because I didn't look like him, I didn't know what I was looking at.'Then
slowly over time it eventually clicked and I thought 'he is an actor, what am I
on about? 'But at times I was in hospital thinking I can't wait to get out of
here and back to filming movies.'I was convinced I was him and that I had his
good looks as well - I know it was hopeful thinking really.'Doctors at
Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital found he had suffered a multifocal
intracranial brain haemorrhage, which meant his blood vessels had burst and
blood was leaking into his brain. e left the hospital in November 2012 no
longer believing he was McConaughey, but still able to speak in fluent French –
a skill he still retains two years on.
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