“That whole ordeal for me personally was terrifying,” says the actor about his concussion.
Norman Reedusknows a thing or two about traumatic injuries.
In 2005, the actor was leaving an R.E.M.
Norman Reedus stars as Daryl Dixon in ‘The Walking Dead’ final season.Jace Downs/AMC
an 18-wheeler went right through us,“Reedus told EW back in 2013.
“I went out the window into the street unconscious.
Woke up upside down with this big German lady wiping glass out of my face.”
Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
It was just gnarly.
I thought, ‘I’m never going to be an actor again.
This is over.'”
But Reedus has not remained unscathed.
His latest scare came during filming onThe Walking Dead’slast ever episode.
“He is recovering well and will return to work soon.
Thank you to everyone for their concern.”
“Oh dude, that was horrible,” says the actor.
“That whole ordeal for me personally was terrifying.
I thought I was going to die.”
Even compared to Reedus’ near-death experience in Berlin, this latest head injury was especially traumatic.
“It was very serious.
I’ve been hit in the face and the head a million times.
I’ve gone through car windows, but that one rung my bell.”
The actor recalls a battery of tests and precautions put into place after the incident.
“I had a neurologist.
I had all sorts of s—.
I failed the light test.
I had a security guard in the driveway, just in case.
I was holding onto the walls walking through the rooms.
It was nuts.”
Reedus' already precarious position was certainly exacerbated by his rough and tumble medical history.
“I’m sitting in the dark right now.
Do not watch television.
Just sit in the dark.'
And I’m listening to waterfalls and rain.
I did listen to the New York City rain app a lot.”
Are we going two weeks over?'
that was bothering me."
