The Injured ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ Actor Believes The Show Must Go On
Tierney says he trusts producers "implicitly" with his life
Christoper Tierney, the actor who suffered severe injuries due to a failed stunt during the December 20 performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, gave a spirited couple of interviews yesterday and today about his accident (which we got a sneak preview of yesterday) and if you can believe it, he is championing the safety procedures of the show that injured him. In his interviews with WCBS-TV in NYC last night and Good Morning America earlier today, Tierney recounts the circumstances surrounding his accident … and he vehemently proclaims that he fully trusts the producers of Turn Off the Dark with his very life!
First up, Tierney‘s chat with WCBS-TV:
Here is Tierney‘s interview with Good Morning America:
HMMMM … this guy really loves the people at Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark don’t he? A skeptic might think that he was paid handsomely to say such wonderful things about the production. Others might think he was brainwashed by shadowy Spider-Man supporters while hospitalized. Whatever the case may be, it’s clear that Christopher Tierney is CLEARLY on Team Spidey. I’m glad to see and hear that the guy is doing well but, IMHO, he’s nuts for wanting to go back to that show. I’m utterly convinced there will be other injuries. I guess we’ll have to wait and see who falls next.
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He clearly has a head injury! Is he forgetting that human error caused his safety line to snap! Oh well, I suppose he has to say this if he wants his job back one day, you know, when he can move again.
There absolutely was some kind of deal cut. He’s been on WCBS-TV, GMA, he’s on NPR tonight. You don’t get those kind of bookings without a PR person setting them up.
Brenda, as a professional actor, he is already going to have representation to set up those interviews (agent, manager, etc.). It does NOT mean that he was paid by the production to say those things. That is a pretty strong accusation when you dont have anything factual to base it on.
The articles I’ve read have branded him as some sort of stuntman, but even if he isn’t, it takes a certain kind of person to willingly do dangerous stunts for work. It doesn’t surprise me that he’s willing to go back. It’s probably in his nature to be draw to these kinds of things.