A lot of guys would like to be Matthew McConaughey, but for a few months, Rory Curtis thought he was Matthew McConaughey.<\/p>\n
It happened in August, 2012, when Curtis, 25, was in a car accident near his home in Redditch, Great Britain. He spent six days in a coma after suffering a brain hemorrhage in the crash.<\/p>\n
When Curtis came to, he was so dazed and confused that he was convinced he was McConaughey.
\n“I cannot remember much but I know in my head I thought I was Matthew McConaughey,” he said, according to the Daily Mail. “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?'”<\/p>\n
Still, there were times before his release in November, that Curtis would be in the hospital wishing he could go back to making movies.<\/p>\n
“I was convinced I was him and that I had his good looks as well — I know it was hopeful thinking really,” he said, according to the paper.<\/p>\n
It took a while before Curtis felt, in the words of McConaughey, “alright, alright, alright.”<\/p>\n
Besides thinking he was McConaughey, something else strange occurred to Curtis in the accident’s aftermath: He could suddenly speak French fluently.<\/p>\n
“I don’t remember coming round but my family said one of the nurses was from Africa and spoke French and I was having conversations with her,” he said, according to the Mirror. “I was just casually chatting away about how I was feeling in this perfect French accent.”<\/p>\n
“My mum and dad were stunned when they got to hospital and the nurse asked them what side of the family was French. And then I was sitting there spouting a foreign language from my hospital bed acting all French. It wasn’t me at all.”<\/p>\n
Curtis left the hospital in November, 2012, no longer thinking he was a famous Hollywood actor, but still needing months of rehab.<\/p>\n
Even after his recovery, Curtis retained his ability to speak French.<\/p>\n
Now he’s training to be a barber and is trying to lead a normal life.<\/p>\n
“Because I don’t remember the crash, it doesn’t feel like I’ve had a brain injury. Apart from obviously being able to now speak French,” he said, according to the Telegraph. “The accident changed my outlook on life. I can’t leave the house now without telling everyone I love them and giving them a hug.”<\/p>\n
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Source: Huffingtonpost.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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