You think you know what disappointment feels like? Try being the British man who who came out of a six-day coma in 2012 thinking he was Matthew McConaughey. “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,” British car accident survivor Rory Curtis tells the Telegraph. “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.” Yeah, but just imagine how bummed he’d be if this had happened after McConaughey’s Oscar win. Also, Curtis says he came out of the coma speaking fluent French, a language that he’d never studied and that, to my knowledge, McConaughey doesn’t speak either. “I was sitting there spouting a foreign language from my hospital bed, acting all French in their sort of arrogant yet sophisticated way,” he says. Sounds charming. Follow Ned Ehrbar on Twitter: @nedrick
U.K. man came out of coma thinking he’s Matthew McConaughey
